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'''Niphredil''' was a small white flower that grew first at the moment of [[Lúthien]]'s birth in [[Doriath]]. It was also found among the golden trees of [[Lothlórien]], thickest on [[Cerin Amroth]], where some pale green varieties could be seen.
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'''Niphredil''' was a small white flower that grew first at the moment of [[Lúthien]]'s birth in [[Doriath]].<ref>{{S|Sindar}}</ref> It was also found among the golden trees of [[Lothlórien]], thickest on [[Cerin Amroth]], where some pale green varieties could be seen.<ref>{{FR|II6}}</ref><ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref>
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It was like "a delicate kin of a snowdrop."<ref>{{L|312}}</ref>
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==Etymology==
 
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The name means "little pallor" (''[[niphred]]'' + ''[[-il]]'') possible [[OS]] *''nimphretil-''.
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''Niphredil'' is a [[Sindarin]] name meaning "little pallor", consisting of ''[[niphred]]'' ("pallor") + the ending ''[[-il]]''.<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 55</ref>
  
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The name perhaps refers to its snow-like appearance.
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Niphredil was a small white flower that grew first at the moment of Lúthien's birth in Doriath.[1] It was also found among the golden trees of Lothlórien, thickest on Cerin Amroth, where some pale green varieties could be seen.[2][3]

It was like "a delicate kin of a snowdrop."[4]

[edit] Etymology

Niphredil is a Sindarin name meaning "little pallor", consisting of niphred ("pallor") + the ending -il.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sindar"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Lothlórien"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 312, (dated 16 November 1969)
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 55
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