ephel

noun. outer fence

ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

ephel nimrais

place name. Ephel Nimrais

Earlier name for S. Ered Nimrais (WR/137), using ephel “outer fence” instead of ered “mountains”. It also appearing as (rejected singular) Ephel Nimras and possibly Hebel Nimrais (the last element is hard to read).

hebel dúath

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Earlier name of the Mountains of Shadow in Morder in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/122, 180), a combination of hebel (“?fence”) and dú(w)ath “night-shade”.

dae

noun. shadow

daew

noun. shadow

eryd-lómin

place name. Mountains of Shadow

thora-

verb. to fence