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'''''gobel''''' is a noun meaning "walled (fortified) settlement" in [[Sindarin]]. | '''''gobel''''' is a noun meaning "walled (fortified) settlement" in [[Sindarin]]. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The word contains the element ''[[pêl|pel]]'' "encircle".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry PEL(ES)</ref> | |||
See also the collective prefix ''[[go-]]''. | |||
== | ==Examples== | ||
* | * [[Amon Obel]] = "Hill of the Walled Settlement" | ||
* [[Rhosgobel]] = "Brownhay" | |||
* [[Tavrobel]] = [[wikipedia:Great Haywood|Great Haywood]] | |||
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* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]] | * [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]] | ||
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[[Category: Sindarin | [[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | ||
[[Category:Noldorin nouns]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:57, 11 November 2014
gobel is a noun meaning "walled (fortified) settlement" in Sindarin.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word contains the element pel "encircle".[1]
See also the collective prefix go-.
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Amon Obel = "Hill of the Walled Settlement"
- Rhosgobel = "Brownhay"
- Tavrobel = Great Haywood
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry PEL(ES)
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
