Quenya
elostirion
place name. *Star Fort
Elements
Word Gloss él “star” ostirion “fort”
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Qenya
elostirion
place name. Elostirion
Elements
Word Gloss él “star” ostirion “fort”
The tallest of the white towers on the Emyn Beraid (S/292, UT/411 note #2). This name may be a compound of él “star” and [ᴹQ.] ostirion “fort”.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, ᴹQ. Elostirion was a transient replacement for Osgiliath (TI/423, WR/81).