Rashbold is a translation of Tolkien. It is explained in HoME IX. It was a 'fictitious' name used when writing the Notion Club Papers.
"The surname of the apparently speechless undergraduate John Jethro Rashbold is a translation of Tolkien (Toll-Kuhn: see letters no. 165 and note 1)."
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"Onen i-Estel Edain, u-chebin estel anim"
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