Sindarin 

torech ungol

place name. Shelob’s Lair, (lit.) Tunnel of the Spider

Sindarin name of Shelob’s Lair (LotR/717), more literally “Tunnel of the Spider”, a combination of torech “(secret) hole” and ungol “spider” (RC/490).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as Terch Ungol “Spider’s Lair”, revised to Torech Ungol “Spider’s Hole” (WR/202).

Elements

WordGloss
torech“lair, (secret) hole, excavation”
ungol“spider”
Sindarin [LotR/0717; LotRI/Shelob; LotRI/Torech Ungol; RC/490] Group: Eldamo. Published by