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Edhofon, which="Q." Erumáni: it is a ‘dark land outside Valinor and to the south of the Bay of Faëry, that ran right up to the bases of the western side of the Mountains of Valinor; its farthest northern point touched upon the roots of Taniquetil, hence Edhofon < Eðusmn-, i.e. beyond the abode of the Mánir. Hence also the Q. title Afalinan or Arvalion, i.e. nigh Valinor.’ The implication of this seems to be that Taniquetil was ‘the abode of the Mánir’, as is comprehensible, since the Mánir were particularly associated with Manwë (the Gnomish words móna, móni are defined as ‘spirits of the air, children of Manwë’), and therefore Eruman was beyond (south of) their abode. See Mánir.

GL also states that Edhofon was called Garioth; and Garioth is ‘the true Gnome form’ of the name Aryador (a word of Ilkorin origin) ‘land of shadow’, though applied not to Hisilómë but to Edhofon / Eruman.

According to QL Harwalin ‘near the Valar’ contains har(e) ‘near’ the entries in GL are too confusing to cite, for the forms of Harwalin / Arvalin were changed over and over again. A late entry in GL gives a prefix ar- ‘beside, along with’. For Habbanan see Valar.

Falassë Númëa Translated in the text (p. 124) as ‘Western Surf’ see Falman, Númë.

Falman In QL the root FALA has derivatives falma ‘foam’, falmar ‘wave as it breaks’, falas(s) ‘shore, beach’, Falman="Ossë" cf. Falassë Númea, Falmaríni. GL has falm ‘breaker, wave’, falos ‘sea-marge, surf’, Falmon or Falathron ‘names of Otha [Ossë], ="Q." Falman and Falassar’.

Falmaríni See Falman.

Fanturi In QL fantur, without translation but with reference to Lórien and Mandos, is given under root FANA, with several derivatives all referring to visions, dreams, falling asleep. In GL (a late entry) the form is Fanthor, plural i·Fanthaurin ‘the name of each of the two brothers, of sleep, of death’.

Fanuin GL has fann ‘a year’. For the rejected names Lathos, Lathweg (p. 222) see Gonlath.

Faskala-númen, Faskalan Translated in the text (p. 187) as ‘Bath of the Setting Sun’. GL has fas- ‘wash’, fasc ‘clean’, fasca- ‘splash, sprinkle’, fôs ‘bath’. For—númen see Númë.

Fëanor The only evidence for the meaning of this name is given under Fionwë-Úrion.

Fingolma See Nólemë.

Finwë As a proper name this is not in the dictionaries, but GL gives a common noun finweg ‘craftsman, man of skill’ (with fim ‘clever; right hand’ and other related words); for -weg see Bronweg. In QL derivatives of root FINI are finwa ‘sagacious’, finië, findë ‘cunning’. See Nólemë.

Fionwë-úrion Fion ‘son’ is given separately in QL (a hurried later addition), with the note ‘especially Fion(wë) the Vala’. In Gnomish he is ‘Auros Fionweg, or Fionaur Fionor’. In a later entry in GL ‘Fionaur (Fionor)="Q." Fëanor (goblet-smith)’, and among the original entries is fion ‘bowl, goblet’. There is no indication that this refers to Fëanor the Gnome.

For the second element (Úrion, Auros) see Ûr. In the Valar namelist Fionwë is called Kalmo; see Galmir.

Fui In QL are hui ‘fog, dark, murk, night’ and huiva ‘murky’, and also ‘Fui (=hui) wife of Vê’. In Gnomish she is Fuil ‘Queen of the Dark’, and related words are fui ‘night’, fuin ‘secret, dark’.

fumellar The ‘flowers of sleep’ (poppies) in Lórien’s gardens (p. 74). QL under root FUMU ‘sleep’ has fúmë ‘sleep’ (noun), fúmella, fúmellot ‘poppy’.

Galmir Translated in the text (p. 187) as ‘the goldgleamer’ (a name of the Sun). This is a derivative of Gnomish gal- ‘shine’, which in Qenya is KALA ‘shine golden’, and of which a great many derivatives are given in QL, as kala- ‘shine’, kálë ‘morning’, kalma ‘daylight’, Kalainis ‘May’ (see Erinti), kalwa ‘beautiful’, etc. Cf. Kalormë, Kalaventë, and i·kal’ antúlien ‘Light bath returned’ (p. 184).

Gar Lossion Translated in the text (p. 16) as ‘Place of Flowers’ (Gnomish name of Alalminórë). For Gar see Dor Faidwen. GL gives lost ‘blossom’ and lôs ‘flower’, but it is noted that they are probably unconnected and that lôs is more likely to be related to lass ‘leaf’, also used to mean ‘petal’. (QL has lassë ‘leaf’, lasselanta ‘the Fall, Autumn’.)