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'''Randir''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning wanderer or pilgrim. It is derived from the [[Quenya]] root (RAN) found in [[ránë]] or [[ranya]]- "to stray" (see [[Etymologies]]).
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'''''randir'''''<ref name=PE>{{PE|17}}</ref> (or '''''randír'''''<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p. 13</ref>) is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "wandering man, pilgrim"<ref name=PE/> or "wanderer"<ref name=VT/>.
  
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Its meaning can be directly derived from the original text of The Lord of the Rings where the character of [[Gandalf]] is also known under the name of [[Mithrandir]], which the text translates as "Grey Pilgrim". In this name the term Mith- stands for "grey" as found in Mithlond ("The Grey Havens") or also in Mithril, and with randir therefore meaning "pilgrim" ("wanderer").
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==Etymology==
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In the manuscript "[[Parma Eldalamberon 17|Word, Phrases and Passages]]", Sindarin ''randir'' consists of a derivative of the root [[RAN|RĂNĂ]] ("wander") + ''[[ndir]]'' ("man").<ref name=PE/>
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In the manuscript "[[The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor]]", Sindarin ''randír'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[RAN]].<ref name=VT/>
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==Examples==
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*''[[Gandalf|Mith'''randir''']]''
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*''[[Aerandir|Ae'''randir''']]''
  
 
==Inspiration==
 
==Inspiration==
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] may have been inspired by the old, and now obsolete French verb ''randir'', meaning "to walk very fast".
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] may have been inspired by the old, and now obsolete French verb ''[[Wiktionary:randir|randir]]'', meaning "to walk very fast".
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==See also==
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*[[Noldorin]]: ''[[rhandir]]'' ("wanderer, pilgrim")
  
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 19 October 2012

randir[1] (or randír[2]) is a Sindarin word meaning "wandering man, pilgrim"[1] or "wanderer"[2].

[edit] Etymology

In the manuscript "Word, Phrases and Passages", Sindarin randir consists of a derivative of the root RĂNĂ ("wander") + ndir ("man").[1]

In the manuscript "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", Sindarin randír derives from the root RAN.[2]

[edit] Examples

[edit] Inspiration

J.R.R. Tolkien may have been inspired by the old, and now obsolete French verb randir, meaning "to walk very fast".

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 13
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