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The [[Dwarvish]] name for the river that ran through [[Lórien]], known to the [[Elves]] as [[Celebrant]] and to [[Men]] as the [[Silverlode]]. It rose in the mysterious lake known as the [[Mirrormere]] (or, in [[Dwarvish]], [[Kheled-zâram]] - hence [[Gimli]]'s words quoted above).
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'''Kibil-nâla''' was the [[Dwarvish]] name for the river that ran through [[Lothlórien]], known to the [[Elves]] as [[Celebrant]] and to [[Men]] as the [[Silverlode]].<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref>
  
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[[Kibil]] is one of several words that the Dwarves used for silver (zirak in the name Zirakzigil is also a reference to that metal). The meaning of the [[Khuzdul]] word nâla is not known for sure, but [[Tolkien]] suggested that it might mean 'course' or 'path', a meaning it would share with Elvish rant. The river's name seems to come originally from the workings of the Dwarves: the notes in volume 7 of [[The History of Middle-earth]] suggest that they were the ones responsible for discovering silver in the river.
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==Etymology==
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*''[[kibil]]'' ("silver") + ''[[nâla]]'' (?"channel; path; rivercourse")
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The river's name seems to come originally from the workings of the Dwarves, as they seem to have discovered silver in the river.<ref>{{TI|VIII}}, p. 175</ref>
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==Other versions of the legendarium==
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In the earliest drafts of [[Appendix A]], the river's name was given as '''Zigil-nâd'''.<ref>{{HM|PM}}, pp. 279, 286</ref> Considering the meaning of ''[[zigil]]'', [[Edouard Kloczko]] has proposed that ''Kibil-nâla'' is not the name of the actual river, but only of "the reappearance of the river". He connects ''kibil'' to [[Adûnaic]] ''[[khibil]]'', "spring".<ref>[[Edouard Kloczko]], [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/268 Elfling message 268]</ref> This seems unlikely, as Tolkien explicitly stated: "''Silverlode'' dwarfish [sic] ''Kibilnâla''".<ref>{{TI|Lothlorien}}, p. 241 (note 36)</ref>
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Latest revision as of 00:49, 3 November 2012

Main article: Celebrant

Kibil-nâla was the Dwarvish name for the river that ran through Lothlórien, known to the Elves as Celebrant and to Men as the Silverlode.[1]

[edit] Etymology

  • kibil ("silver") + nâla (?"channel; path; rivercourse")

The river's name seems to come originally from the workings of the Dwarves, as they seem to have discovered silver in the river.[2]

[edit] Other versions of the legendarium

In the earliest drafts of Appendix A, the river's name was given as Zigil-nâd.[3] Considering the meaning of zigil, Edouard Kloczko has proposed that Kibil-nâla is not the name of the actual river, but only of "the reappearance of the river". He connects kibil to Adûnaic khibil, "spring".[4] This seems unlikely, as Tolkien explicitly stated: "Silverlode dwarfish [sic] Kibilnâla".[5]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "The Ring Goes South", p. 175
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, pp. 279, 286
  4. ↑ Edouard Kloczko, Elfling message 268
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "Lothlórien", p. 241 (note 36)
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