lhawhen

place name. Lhawhen

A variety of names for the hills Amon Lhaw and Amon Hen first consider by Tolkien in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/387). These names are all combinations of the elements lhaw “ears” or ᴹ√LAS “listen” with hên “eye” or ᴹ√TIR “watch”, as analyzed by Roman Rausch (EE/2.61).

Variations

• Amon Tirlaw ✧ TI/387 (Amon Tirlaw)
• Lhawdir ✧ TI/387 (Lhawdir)
• Lasthen ✧ TI/387 (Lasthen)
• Henlas ✧ TI/387 (Henlas)
• Hendlas ✧ TI/387