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'''''gond''''' or '''''gonn''''' is a noun meaning "rock" or "stone" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare with ''[[ondo]]'' in [[Quenya]].
'''''gond''''' or '''''gonn''''' is a noun meaning "rock" or "stone" in [[Sindarin]], and tends to refer to larger items. Compare with ''[[ondo]]'' in [[Quenya]].


Examples:
Examples:
* [[Gondolin]] = "Hidden Rock"
* [[Argonath]],"King-stones"
* ''[[seregon]]'' = "Stone's Blood"
* [[Beregond, soldier of Gondor|Beregond]]
* [[Gondolin]], "The Hidden Rock"
* [[Gondor]], "Land of Stone"
* [[Gonnhirrim]], "Masters of Stone"
* ''[[seregon]]'', "Blood of Stone"
 
==See Also==
*''[[ondo]]'', "rock" or "stone" in Quenya
*''[[palantír]]'', a seeing stone
*''[[sarn]]'', Sindarin for "(small) stone"


== References ==
== References ==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
* [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]]


[[Category: Sindarin words]]
[[Category: Sindarin words]]

Revision as of 15:02, 29 January 2008

gond or gonn is a noun meaning "rock" or "stone" in Sindarin, and tends to refer to larger items. Compare with ondo in Quenya.

Examples:

See Also

  • ondo, "rock" or "stone" in Quenya
  • palantír, a seeing stone
  • sarn, Sindarin for "(small) stone"

References