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'''Nindalf''' was a location of swamps. It was translated as '''[[Wetwang]]''' in [[Westron]].
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'''Nindalf''', or '''Wetwang''' in [[Westron]], was a swampy land of pathless fen beneath the [[Emyn Muil]].<ref name="Farewell">{{FR|II8}}</ref>
 
As the great inland delta of the [[Entwash]] fed Anduin from the west, and Anduin divided into many channels, marshlands were formed to the east of the Great River, south of the [[Emyn Muil]]. The [[Dead Marshes]] lay further east and may have been an extension of Wetwang.<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref>
 
On [[16 February]] {{TA|3019}}<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> [[Celeborn]] warned the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] against becoming lost in the region, recommending instead that those heading to [[Minas Tirith]] leave the river above the Falls of [[Rauros]].<ref name="Farewell"/>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name comes from ''[[nîn]]'' 'wet' and ''[[talf]]'' 'flat field'.
The name is [[Sindarin]], consisting of ''[[nîn]]'' ("wet") and ''[[talf]]'' ("flat field").<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 52</ref><ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 779</ref>
 
''Wetwang' is the [[Westron]] translation. The archaic meaning of ''wang'' means "field, flat area".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 779</ref>
 
Wetwang is a real-life place-name in Yorkshire.<ref name="Nomen" />
==See also==
*{{WP|Wetwang}}
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[[Category:Gondor]]
[[Category:Regions]]
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]
[[Category:Swamps]]
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[[fi:Litiluhta]]

Revision as of 22:02, 15 June 2020

Nindalf
Swamp
General Information
Other namesWetwang
LocationSouth of Emyn Muil, east of Anduin
TypeSwamp
DescriptionA large trackless fen
GalleryImages of Nindalf

Nindalf, or Wetwang in Westron, was a swampy land of pathless fen beneath the Emyn Muil.[1]

As the great inland delta of the Entwash fed Anduin from the west, and Anduin divided into many channels, marshlands were formed to the east of the Great River, south of the Emyn Muil. The Dead Marshes lay further east and may have been an extension of Wetwang.[2]

On 16 February T.A. 3019[3] Celeborn warned the Fellowship of the Ring against becoming lost in the region, recommending instead that those heading to Minas Tirith leave the river above the Falls of Rauros.[1]

Etymology

The name is Sindarin, consisting of nîn ("wet") and talf ("flat field").[4][5]

Wetwang' is the Westron translation. The archaic meaning of wang means "field, flat area".[5]

Wetwang is a real-life place-name in Yorkshire.[5]

See also

References