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Old 06-05-2004, 01:31 PM   #36
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Originally posted by Dancing Spawn of Ungoliant:
I have been wondering the name Isildur. There's obviously Isil(/Ithil)=the Moon and dur=tower -> Moontower?
Is my conclusion from the name all wrong?
The ending -(n)dur means something like "devoted servant" (eg :Elendur,Isildur's eldest son) just as the ending -(n)dil means "friend". (Amandil, Elendil, Mardil)

and btw, in Barad-dûr, the dark tower: it is "Barad" which means tower,
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