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'''Foen''' was a | '''Foen''' was a high mountain peak in the center of [[Dorthonion]], east of [[Rivil's Well]] and west of [[Aeluin]].<ref>{{WJ|Beleriand}}, p. 183</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The name ''Foen'' signified "Long Sight" due to its height. It was stated in a philological fragment of an uncertain date that Dorthonion "''was called also '''Taur-na-Foen''', the Forest of the Foen''".<ref>{{WJ|Beleriand}}, p. 187, Note 32</ref><ref>{{PE|21}}, p. 79</ref> | |||
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' appears the [[Noldorin]] word ''foen'', meaning "radiant, white".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 381 (root PHAY-)</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Beleriand]] | [[Category:Beleriand]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 20 March 2023
Foen was a high mountain peak in the center of Dorthonion, east of Rivil's Well and west of Aeluin.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name Foen signified "Long Sight" due to its height. It was stated in a philological fragment of an uncertain date that Dorthonion "was called also Taur-na-Foen, the Forest of the Foen".[2][3]
In the Etymologies appears the Noldorin word foen, meaning "radiant, white".[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", p. 183
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", p. 187, Note 32
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenya Noun Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne and Arden R. Smith), p. 79
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 381 (root PHAY-)
