Talk:Dunland

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[edit] Hill or brown ?

I think Dunland and Dunlendings don't refer to hills. That is, I think they don't come from OE. dún "down, moor, height, hill, mountain", but rather from OE. dunn "dun, dingy brown, bark-colored". See Appendix F of the Lord of the Rings :

"Dunland and Dunlending are the names that the Rohirrim gave to them, because they were swarthy and dark-haired; there is thus no connexion between the word dunn in these names and the Grey-elven word Dûn 'west'." Faenglor 12:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)