Comunque sia, verso gli ultimi quattro anni della sua vita, Tolkien incontrò un problema quando constatò che "ros", nome riferito al colore rossiccio dei capelli di Maedhros, significava “spruzzo”. ###>However, around the last four years of his life, Tolkien encountered a problem when he realized that he had stated that "ros", which was meant in reference to Maedhros’s reddish-brown hair, translated into “spray/spindrift”.