Precursor to S. Cirith Ninniach from the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/141). Its first element is criss “cleft” and presumably its second element means “rainbow”, though it appears nowhere else.
Noldorin
cirith
noun. cleft, pass
cirith helvin
place name. Rainbow Cleft
cris-ilfing
place name. Rainbow Cleft
criss
noun. cleft, cut, slash
cîl
noun. cleft, pass between hills, gorge
thanc
adjective. cleft, split, forked
Precursor to S. Cirith Ninniach from the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/146). Its first element is cirith “cleft” and presumably its second element means “rainbow”, though it appears nowhere else.