fornobel

place name. Northbury

An earlier name for S. Fornost that appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/147, 296, 304). It seems to be a combination of forn “north” and the lenited form of gobel “town”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.17).

Changes

• Fornobel → Fornost “Northbury” ✧ TI/304
• Fornobel → Fornost ✧ WRI/Fornost

Elements

Word	Gloss
forn	“right or north”
gobel	“walled house or village, town”