dalath dirnen

place name. Guarded Plain

Changes

• Dalath Dirnen → Talath Dirnen ✧ WJ/140
• Dalath Dirnen → Talath Dirnen ✧ WJI/Talath Dirnen

talath dirnen

place name. Guarded Plain

The plain north of Nargothrond translated “Guarded Plain” (S/168), a combination of talath “plain” and the lenited form of tirnen “guarded” (SA/talath, Ety/TIR).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as N. Dalath Dirnen (LR/299), also appearing in The Etymologies under the root ᴹ√TIR (Ety/TIR). This form reappeared in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, but was revised to Talath Dirnen (WJ/140).

Elements

Word	Gloss
talath	“flat lands, plain, vale”
tirnen	“guarded”