sarn

noun/adjective. stone as a material

sarn

noun. stone (as a material)

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

sarn

noun. small stone

Sern in UT/463 is a misprint, see VT/42:11

sarn ruin

place name. Sarn Ruin

Earlier name of S. Sarn Gebir in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/366). Its initial element is sarn “stone”, but the meaning of its second element is unclear. Some possibilities were suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.39, 2.40).

sarn athrad

place name. Stony Ford, Ford of Stones

sarn gebir

place name. ?lone stone, Stand[?ing stones], [?Lime]stones

sern aranath

place name. King Stones

Earlier name for the Argonath appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/366), a combination of the plural of sarn “stone” and the class-plural of aran “king”. It also appeared with the ordinary plural Sern Erain, and the singular form Sarn Aran (WR/98).

gondrafn

noun. hewn stone

gondram

noun. hewn stone

gonn

noun. great stone, rock