A lady of the Westlands of Númenor, who lived in the eighth and ninth centuries of the Second Age. Her husband was Beregar, and together they had a daughter, Erendis. It was Erendis' troubled courtship and marriage to King Tar-Aldarion that formed the subject of one of very few tales to survive the Downfall of Númenor, Aldarion and Erendis. Núneth's part in that tale is a small one, but she is shown as wise and insightful, offering valuable, but little heeded, advice to her daughter.
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We have no specific dates for Núneth, but we know that her daughter Erendis was born in the year II 771. Núneth lived long enough to see her daughter grow to adulthood, so she must have been born during the eighth century of the Second Age, and lived into the ninth.
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Núneth's name is not explained, though it seems to contain the feminine ending -eth. Nún- is less clear, but may be an old word meaning 'west' or 'sunset', in which case the name Núneth would mean 'west woman'. This does seem to be an appropriate interpretation, given that Núneth dwelt in the Westlands of Númenor.
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