angren

place name. Isen, (lit.) Iron

Sindarin name of the river Isen (UT/318), it is simply the adjective angren “iron” used as a name.

angren

adjective. of iron

An adjectival form of ang “iron” appearing in several names such as Angrenost “Iron Fortress, Isengard” (LotR/473) and (in its plural form) Ered Engrin “Iron Mountains” (S/118).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the adjective was G. angrin “of iron, iron” (GL/19). In the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s it became ᴱN. angren “of iron”, along with another adjective ᴱN. angeb “like iron” (PE13/159). N. angren “of iron” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ANGĀ (Ety/ANGĀ), and appeared regularly in Tolkien’s writings thereafter.

angren

adjective. of iron

angrenost

place name. Isengard, (lit.) Iron Fortress

Sindarin name of Isengard (LotR/473), a combination of angren “iron” and ost “fortress” (SA/anga, os(t); PE17/32).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Angrobel (TI/71), variously revised to N. Angost or Angrenost (TI/420; WR/44, 72), eventually settling on the latter.

Angrenost

noun. iron fortress (Isengard)

angren (“iron”) + ost (“fortress, stronghold”)

Angrenost

'Iron-enclosure'

topon. 'Iron-enclosure'. O.E. (R.) Isengard. >> dol, doll

angren

of iron

angren, related to Sindarin ang ("iron"), derived from the Elvish root ANGĀ. It is possible that the full Old Sindarin word is *angrina (unattested).

The obsolete, variant or misspelt plural form engren appears in a typescript.

angren

of iron

angren (pl. engrin);

angren

of iron

(pl. engrin);

Angrenost

Fortress of Iron

It is composed of the two elements angren "iron (adjective)" and ost "fortress".

ang

noun. iron

This was the word for “iron” in Sindarin and its conceptual precursors for much of Tolkien’s life. It was derived from primitive ✶angā of the same meaning (PM/347).

Conceptual Development: G. ang “iron” dates all the way back to the the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/19), and appeared regularly in Tolkien’s writings thereafter, always with the same form and meaning.

ang

noun. iron

ang

iron

ang; adj.

ang

iron

; adj.

angwedh

iron-bond

(pl. engwidh)