mordor

place name. Black Country

nelig myrn

proper name. Teeth of Mordor

A name for the towers guarding the entrance to Mordor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Teeth of Mordor” (WR/113). The name is a combination of the plural of neleg “tooth” and the plural of the adjective morn “black”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.11).

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as (rejected) Naglath Morn (WR/122) using the class-plural naglath “teeth” instead of the ordinary plural nelig. In the published version of The Lord of the Rings, the towers were named individually, as S. Carchost and S. Narchost.

ennyn dûr

proper name. Gates of Mordor

Earliest name (rejected) for S. Morannon (WR/113), a combination of the plural of annon “gate” and dûr “dark”.

mornennyn

proper name. Gates of Mordor

Earlier name for S. Morannon (WR/112-3), a combination of morn “black” and the plural of annon “gate”, also appearing as (rejected) Morennyn (WR/113).

naglath morn

proper name. Teeth of Mordor

barad-dûr

place name. Dark Tower