Sindarin

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Etymology

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Modified from rhandir in Tolkien’s earlier conception of the language (‘Noldorin’), itself modified from yet earlier amraith and earlier still amrog in ‘Gnomish’. Diegetically explained as derived from a Primitive Elvish root *ran- (‘to wander, stray, err’) + Sindarin dîr (man, male).

Noun

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randir • 62{#6T (plural rendir)

  1. wanderer, pilgrim

References

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  • Paul Strack (2008–2023) “randir”, in Eldamo – An Elvish Lexicon[1]