Early Noldorin
eiglir engrin
place name. Iron Mountains, Iron Hills
aiglir angrin
place name. Iron Mountains
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Earlier name for S. Ered Engrin appearing in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s and Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LB/33, SM/220). This name is a combination of the plural of (ᴱN.) aiglir “mountain range” and the plural of the adjective angren “of iron”. It also appeared in the singular form Aiglir Angrin (LB/49, SM/220).