aglon

place name. Narrow Pass

A pass between Himring and Dorthonion (S/123). This name seems to be a compound of [N.] agor “narrow” and lond “strait, pass” (Ety/AK, LOND). This name sometimes appeared as Aglond, probably an older form of the name (WJ/338, Ety/AK).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱN. Aglon first appeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/227) and N. Aglon was used in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/127, 265). In The Etymologies, it was translated as “defile, pass between high walls”, and this was the source of the derivation given above (Ety/AK, LOD).

Elements

Word	Gloss
agor	“narrow”
lond	“(land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [N.] narrow path, strait, pass”

Variations

• Aglond ✧ WJI/Aglon

aglonn

noun. defile, pass between high walls

aglonn

defile

(noun) aglonn (pass between high walls), pl. eglynn.

aglonn

defile

(pass between high walls), pl. eglynn.