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The element ''[[taeg]]'' means "boundary".<ref name="WJ">{{WJ|Hurin}}, pp. 309-10</ref> | The element ''[[taeg]]'' means "boundary".<ref name="WJ">{{WJ|Hurin}}, pp. 309-10</ref> | ||
In the ''[[Etymologies]]'' the name | In the ''[[Etymologies]]'' the name appears in its earlier form "Taiglin" and its second element appears to be ''[[lin]]'' "pool".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry LIN(1)</ref> | ||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | ==Other versions of the legendarium== |
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The Taeglin was a river in Beleriand, a tributary of Sirion. It rose in the Ered Wethrin and flowed southeast through Brethil to join Sirion on the borders of Doriath. It had two minor tributaries: Celebros and Malduin.
The river could be forded at the Crossings of the Taeglin, near the western border of Brethil. A road ran through it from Nargothrond to Minas Tirith.
Etymology
The element taeg means "boundary".[1]
In the Etymologies the name appears in its earlier form "Taiglin" and its second element appears to be lin "pool".[2]
Other versions of the legendarium
In earlier writings, the river was called Teiglin. As revealed in the The History of Middle-earth series, the rivername should actually have been spelt Taeglin ("Boundary River").[1] This was a relatively late change which was not adopted into the published The Silmarillion, which uses the old name, as does The Children of Húrin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", pp. 309-10
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry LIN(1)