Mámandil

From Tolkien Gateway
Revision as of 00:10, 3 November 2012 by Mith (talk | contribs) (DEFAULTSORT)

Mámandil is a Quenya word meaning "friend or sheep" and possibly also "shepherd".

"Mámandil" was the pseudonym of Hallacar of Hyarastorni while he wooed Ancalimë on the pastoral lands of Emerië.[1]

Etymologies

The name derives from Máma "sheep"[2] and -ndil "friend of, devoted to".

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Appendix D. *Kwen, Quenya, and the Elvish (especially Ñoldorin) words for 'Language'", p. 395