Birches
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Birches were smooth-barked forest trees.
The Sindarin word for "birch" was hwinn, while in Quenya was hwindë.[1]
A "silver birch" in Sindarin was known as brethil.[2][3] This consequently gave its name to the Forest of Brethil.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 23
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 19, 23, 82
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry brethil
