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'''''balan''''' (pl. ''belain'') means "[[Valar|Vala]], divine power, divinity" in [[Noldorin|Exilic Noldorin]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 350</ref><ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en-strict.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] (accessed 11 February 2010) | '''''balan''''' (pl. ''belain'') means "[[Valar|Vala]], divine power, divinity" in [[Noldorin|Exilic Noldorin]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 350</ref><ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en-strict.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] (accessed 11 February 2010)</ref> | ||
'''Balan''' was also the original name of [[Bëor]].<ref>{{S|17}}</ref> | '''Balan''' was also the original name of [[Bëor]].<ref>{{S|17}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*Root [[BAL]]<ref name=LR/> | *Root [[BAL]]<ref name=LR/> In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''balrog'' is glossed as [[Sindarin]] "Demon of Might", indicating the contracted form ''bal-''.<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== |
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balan (pl. belain) means "Vala, divine power, divinity" in Exilic Noldorin.[1][2]
Balan was also the original name of Bëor.[3]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
- Root BAL[1] In The Silmarillion, balrog is glossed as Sindarin "Demon of Might", indicating the contracted form bal-.[4]
Examples[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 350
- ↑ Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary (accessed 11 February 2010)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"