eredvyrn

place name. Black Mountains

Earliest name for S. Ered Nimrais glossed “Black Mountains” instead of “White Mountains” (TI/124), with the lenited plural of morn “black” instead of nimrais “white-horns”.

Changes

• Ered Myrn → Eredvyrn ✧ TI/124

Variations

• Ered Myrn ✧ TI/124 (Ered Myrn); TII/Black Mounttains

mornvenniath

place name. Black Mountains

A variant name of Eredvyrn “Black Mountains” (itself a precursor to Ered Nimrais) appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/124). Patrick Wynne suggested it is a combination of morn “black” and the lenited class-plural of ment “point”, or possibly ending with iath “fence” (Lambengolmor/7.99).

Elements

Word	Gloss
morn	“black”
ment	“point”