prop. n. 'stiff-neck', sc. 'proud', 'the stiff, tough passage'. It could be the name of a man used to call the narrow 'col' or passage over the mountains that separated Lamedon from the plain of Erech. FAchad Tarlang
Sindarin
tarlang
place name. Stiff Neck; Stiff/Tough Passage
Element in
- S. Achad Tarlang “Tarlang’s Neck” ✧ PE17/092; RC/536
- S. Dol Tarlang “Tarlang’s Head” ✧ RC/536
Elements
Word Gloss tarlang “proud, (lit.) stiff-necked; stiff neck (a nickname applied to men of haughty carriage or mood); the stiff/tough passage, proud, [N.] obstinate, [S.] (lit.) stiff-necked; stiff neck (a nickname applied to men of haughty carriage or mood); the stiff/tough passage”
Tarlang
noun. 'stiff-neck'
tarlang
noun/adjective. proud, (lit.) stiff-necked; stiff neck (a nickname applied to men of haughty carriage or mood); the stiff/tough passage, proud, [N.] obstinate, [S.] (lit.) stiff-necked; stiff neck (a nickname applied to men of haughty carriage or mood); the stiff/tough passage
Cognates
- ᴺQ. taryalangova “stiff-necked, obstinate”
Element in
- S. Tarlang “Stiff Neck; Stiff/Tough Passage” ✧ PE17/092
Elements
Word Gloss tarch “stiff, rough (or tough)” lang “passage; neck, passage; neck, *throat” Variations
- Tarlang ✧ PE17/092; PE17/098; RC/536
A mountain ridge in Lamedon (LotR/790), translated “stiff neck” (RC/536) or “the stiff/tough passage” (PE17/92). It was apparently the adjective S. tarlang “stiff-necked” used as a name (PE17/92).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Tarlang (WR/411).