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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== | ==Etymology== | ||
It is a combination of the collective prefix ''[[go-]]'' and ''[[pel]]'', "encircle". | It is a combination of the collective prefix ''[[go-]]'' and ''[[pêl|pel]]'', "encircle".{{fact}} | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
Revision as of 23:27, 19 July 2011
gobel is a noun meaning "walled (fortified) settlement" in Sindarin.
Etymology
It is a combination of the collective prefix go- and pel, "encircle".[source?]
Examples
- Amon Obel = "Hill of the Walled Settlement"
- Rhosgobel = "Brownhay"
- Tavrobel = Great Haywood
References
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
