The Ettendales were the valleys (dales) of the Ettenmoors that extended up into the foothills of the Misty Mountains.[1] They were located far north of Rivendell[2] on the western side of the Misty Mountains near the source of the river Hoarwell[3] and were inhabited by Trolls[2].
History
In the morning of 17 October, T.A. 3018,[4] in Rhudaur in their camp on a stony shelf with a rock-wall behind them Strider told Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin that they had went too far to the north and needed to find a way back to the south. He mentioned that if they continued in the same direction, they would get up into the Ettendales far north of Rivendell. Strider said that the Ettendales were troll-country and little-known to him.[2]
Etymology
Ettendales is a Common Speech name. It contains the obsolete element eten ('troll, ogre')" from Old English eoten, which exists in English dialect as eten.[5] The second element is dale from Old English dael ("valley").[6]
For more, see Etten#Etymology.
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Ettendales, p. 188
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford", p. 203
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, The Art of The Lord of the Rings, HarperCollins, 2015, Fig. 159. Map of the northern part of Middle-earth, map square I-5 with the pencilled name Ettendales (just below Ettenmoors), p. 202.
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 187
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Ettendales, p. 770
- ↑ "Dale (landform)", en.wikipedia.org, accessed 4 March 2022