Noldorin 

eryd-lómin

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Changes

  • Eryd-Lómin → Eredwethion ✧ SM/140
  • Eryd Lómin → Eredwethion ✧ SM/221
  • Eredlómin → Eredwethion ✧ SMI/Eredlómin
  • Eredlómin → Eredwethion ✧ SMI/Eredwethion

Elements

WordGloss
orod“mountain”
lómin“shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)”

Variations

  • Eredlúmin ✧ LR/405; LRI/Eredlómin
  • Eryd Lómin ✧ SM/221
  • Erydlómin ✧ SM/296; SMI/Eredlómin
  • Eredlómin ✧ SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion
  • Eredlómen ✧ SMI/Eredlómin
Noldorin [LR/405; LRI/Eredlómin; SM/139; SM/140; SM/221; SM/296; SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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”.

Changes

  • Hebel Dúath → Ephel Dúath “Mountains of Shadow” ✧ WR/122
  • Hebel Dúath → Ephel Dúath ✧ WR/180

Elements

WordGloss
hebel“?fence”
dú(w)ath“night-shade”
Noldorin [WR/122; WR/180; WRI/Ephel Dúath] Group: Eldamo. Published by