Sindarin 

ered wethrin

place name. Mountains of Shadow, (lit.) Shadowy Mountains

Mountains in northern Beleriand translated “Mountains of Shadow” (S/106), but more accurately “Shadowy Mountains” (S/118, PE17/43). This name is a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” and the lenited plural of the adjective gwathren “shadowy, dim” (SA/gwath, VT42/9).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s, these mountains were first called Eryd-Lómin “Mountains of Shadow” (SM/139), a remnant of earlier G. lómin “shadowy”. This name was revised to N. Eredwethion “Shadowy Mountains” later in the 1930s (SM/268, LR/250), and similar forms S. Eryd-wethion and Eryd-wethian(d) appeared in notes from the 1950s as well (PE17/42-3, WJ/113). Generally, though, the name was changed to Ered Wethrin in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, often appearing with the proper Sindarin plural of orod: S. Eryd (MR/297, WJ/113).

Changes

  • ErydwethrinEredwethrin ✧ WJ/117

Elements

WordGloss
orod“mountain”
gwathren“shadowy, dim”

Variations

  • Eryd Wethrin ✧ MR/297; MRI/Eryd Wethrin; WJI/Eryd Wethrin
  • Eryd-wethrin ✧ PE17/043; WJ/113
  • Eredwethrin ✧ SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion; SMI/Eredwethrin; WJ/117
  • Erydwethrin ✧ WJ/117
Sindarin [LBI/Ered Wethrin; LR/300; LT1I/Ered Wethrin; LT2I/Ered Wethrin; MR/297; MRI/Eryd Wethrin; PE17/043; S/106; S/118; SA/gwath; SI/Ered Wethrin; SI/Shadowy Mountains; SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion; SMI/Eredwethrin; UTI/Ered Wethrin; WJ/113; WJ/117; WJI/Eryd Wethrin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

eryd-lómin

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Changes

  • Eryd-LóminEredwethion ✧ SM/140
  • Eryd LóminEredwethion ✧ SM/221
  • EredlóminEredwethion ✧ SMI/Eredlómin
  • EredlóminEredwethion ✧ SMI/Eredwethion

Elements

WordGloss
orod“mountain”
lómin“shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)”

Variations

  • Eredlúmin ✧ LR/405; LRI/Eredlómin
  • Eryd Lómin ✧ SM/221
  • Erydlómin ✧ SM/296; SMI/Eredlómin
  • Eredlómin ✧ SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion
  • Eredlómen ✧ SMI/Eredlómin
Noldorin [LR/405; LRI/Eredlómin; SM/139; SM/140; SM/221; SM/296; SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hebel dúath

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Earlier name of the Mountains of Shadow in Morder in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/122, 180), a combination of hebel (“?fence”) and dú(w)ath “night-shade”.

Changes

  • Hebel DúathEphel Dúath “Mountains of Shadow” ✧ WR/122
  • Hebel DúathEphel Dúath ✧ WR/180

Elements

WordGloss
hebel“?fence”
dú(w)ath“night-shade”
Noldorin [WR/122; WR/180; WRI/Ephel Dúath] Group: Eldamo. Published by