Fladweth Amrod
Fladweth Amrod was a place in Tol Eressëa near Tavrobel, where Eriol stayed temporarily, according to the early version of the legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name Fladweth Amrod is Gnomish for "Nomad's Green",[2] being a compound of fladweth ("meadow, grassland") + amrog ("nomad, wanderer").[3]
Another, earlier, name for the place was Fladweth-amrog.[4]
Inspiration[edit | edit source]
In the spring of 1918, Tolkien was posted again to Rugeley Camp, in Penkridge, a village in Staffordshire. While visiting him, Edith Bratt, and several of her companions, found accommodation in a nearby house in Gipsy Green, a small hamlet. There, Tolkien would occasionally visit them and stay for a while.[5]
It is possible that the name of Gipsy Green may be reflected in the name Fladweth Amrod (whose translation from Gnomish would be Nomad's Green),[5] a connection John Garth proposed in his book Tolkien and the Great War.[6]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 35
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part II", entry "Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "G. Fladweth Amrod loc.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 3 April 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 19
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, Entry on the year 1918, p. 112
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, "Notes", Note on the entry on Spring (?May) 1918, p. 837
