Letter to Madam Ossendrijver (5 January 1961)

On 5 January 1961, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Madam Ossendrijver.^[1]

Subject: Tolkien writes about the Dutch translation of The Lord of the Rings, and replies to a question about the etymology of the name Númenor, among other things.
Description: Handwritten letter.
Publication: A large excerpt from the letter was published as Letter 227 in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Excerpt

"Númenor, shortened form of Númenórë, is my own invention, compounded from nūme-n "going down" (√ndū, nū), sunset, West, and nōre "land, country" = Westernesse"^[2]

References

↑ "J.R.R Tolkien, Rare hand-written letter by Tolkien (eBay item number: 231077543050)", eBay, accessed 21 October 2013
↑ Carl F. Hostetter, "Holograph MS of Letter 227, correcting published etymology of "Númenor" (#1144)" 15 December 2013, Lambengolmor mailing list, accessed 15 December 2013 . The archive version is encoded incorrectly, the text is intended to read as written here.

[1] "J.R.R Tolkien, Rare hand-written letter by Tolkien (eBay item number: 231077543050)", eBay, accessed 21 October 2013

[2] Carl F. Hostetter, "Holograph MS of Letter 227, correcting published etymology of "Númenor" (#1144)" 15 December 2013, Lambengolmor mailing list, accessed 15 December 2013 . The archive version is encoded incorrectly, the text is intended to read as written here.

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