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'''Drúwaith Iaur''' or '''Old Púkel land''' was a region with dark forests on the west of [[Gondor]].<ref>{{UT|West}}</ref>
'''Drúwaith Iaur''' or '''Old Púkel land''' was a region with dark forests on the west of [[Gondor]].<ref>{{UT|West}}</ref>


Drúwaith Iaur was not a part of the realm of Gondor,<ref name=VT42>{{VT|42a}}, p. 9</ref> and therefore also not of the [[Reunited Kingdom]]. It was home to the remnants of the [[Drúedain]], the original inhabitants of the [[Ered Nimrais]], who were dispersed by the Númenóreans as they were hostile to them.<ref name="Druedain">{{UT|Druedain}}</ref>
Drúwaith Iaur was not a part of the realm of Gondor,<ref name=VT42>{{VT|42a}}, p. 9</ref> and therefore also not of the [[Reunited Kingdom]]. It was home to the remnants of the [[Drúedain]], the original inhabitants of the [[White Mountains|Ered Nimrais]], who were dispersed by the Númenóreans as they were hostile to them.<ref name="Druedain">{{UT|Druedain}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

Revision as of 13:05, 2 May 2015

Drúwaith Iaur or Old Púkel land was a region with dark forests on the west of Gondor.[1]

Drúwaith Iaur was not a part of the realm of Gondor,[2] and therefore also not of the Reunited Kingdom. It was home to the remnants of the Drúedain, the original inhabitants of the Ered Nimrais, who were dispersed by the Númenóreans as they were hostile to them.[3]

Etymology

Drúwaith Iaur is a Sindarin name, consisting of drú ("wild") + waith ("folk, land") and iaur ("old"); it is thus a literal translation of Old Púkel land.[4][2] On a "scrap of writing", according to Christopher Tolkien, the word Iaur did not mean "original" but "former".[3]

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