tarlang

place name. Stiff Neck; Stiff/Tough Passage

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).

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'

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

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