According to Christopher Tolkien, a name for the north gates into the Rammas Echor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “North entrance [?in]” where the last word is obscure (WR/354). The same notes contained the rejected forms fornest and Anfornest, along with the words nesta, nethra and nest, the last with a difficult-to-read gloss, apparently “?heart, core” (WR/357, note #18). The other elements of this name seem to be the prefixal form for- of forn “north” and a reduced form of annon “gate”.
Noldorin
forn
adjective. right or north
forn
noun. right, north
fornobel
place name. Northbury
forn(en)
adjective. closed
forven
noun. north
forven
noun. north
forannest
place name. North Entrance [?In]
erion
masculine name. Eldest
Earlier form of S. Iarwain appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, translated “Eldest” and appearing beside N. Iaur (TI/125). It might be a superlative form of iaur “old”; in the Early Noldorin Grammar, the similar suffix -iant was used for the superlative (PE13/125). If the suffix -ion was a Noldorin superlative suffix, perhaps the initial [e] developed due to Noldorin i-affection.
feir
noun. right (hand)
fervein
adjective. northern
forgam
adjective. right-handed
forod
noun. north
forod
noun. north
forodren
adjective. northern
forodren
adjective. northern
fœir
noun. right (hand)
iaur
masculine name. Eldest
uidavnen
adjective. ever-closed
Normalized to uidafnen, as in lefnui
An earlier name for S. Fornost that appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/147, 296, 304). It seems to be a combination of forn “north” and the lenited form of gobel “town”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.17).