|Birth||Early Fourth Age |
was the King's Writer
in the Fourth Age
In Fo.A. 172, King Elessar ordered Findegil to write a copy of the Thain's Book for the Thain of the Shire.
Findegil is Sindarin and possibly means "skilled pen" and contains tegil "pen"
The first element of the name seems to be *fin- "skill" (root PHIN-; cf. Old Noldorin finde). There is also a word fîn "hair".
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies"