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

Word	Gloss
hebel	“?fence”
dú(w)ath	“night-shade”

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

Word	Gloss
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