Earlier name for S. Fen Hollen in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s glossed “Ever Closed” (WR/341), a combination of fenn “door”, ui “ever” and forn(en) “closed”. Nearby Tolkien wrote Uidavnen and davnan, possibly alternate words for “(ever)-closed”.
Noldorin
fenn
noun. threshold, door
fenn
noun. door, threshold
fenn forn(en)
place name. Closed Door
fenn uiforn
place name. Ever Closed [Door]
fend
noun. door, threshold
annon
noun. great door or gate
Earlier name for S. Fen Hollen in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s glossed “Closed Door” (WR/338, 341), a combination of fenn “door” and forn(en) “closed”.