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'''Esgal''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for ''veil''.
'''''esgal''''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "veil, screen, roof of leaves".<ref>{{S|Elements}}, ''esgal''</ref>


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
==Etymology==
Possibly [[Old Sindarin|OS]] *''eskala'', [[root]] [[SKAL1]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, '''SKAL1'''</ref>
 
The word is said to be [[Ilkorin]].
 
==See also==
*''[[Esgalduin]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 23 October 2012

esgal is the Sindarin word for "veil, screen, roof of leaves".[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Possibly OS *eskala, root SKAL1.[2]

The word is said to be Ilkorin.

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", esgal
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", SKAL1