haudh in gwanûr

place name. Grave-mound of the Twins

Burial mound of twin brothers (LotR/1054), translated “Grave-mound of the Twins” in notes from 1969 (PE23/140). It is a combination of haudh “mound”, the plural in of the definite article i, and the dual form gwanûr of singular gwanon or gwanunig “twin”.

Haudh in Gwanur

noun. mound of the brothers

haudh (“mound, grave, tomb”), in (pl. genitive article), gwanur (pl. “brothers, kinsmen”)

Haudh in Gwanur

Haudh in Gwanûr

It has been suggested that Haudh in Gwanûr means "mound of the brothers" in Sindarin, consisting of haudh ("mound, grave, tomb") + in (pl. genitive article) + gwanûr. In editions of The Lord of the Rings prior to the 2004 edition, the circumflex (^) was omitted.