Angrenost

noun. iron fortress (Isengard)

angren (“iron”) + ost (“fortress, stronghold”)

Angrenost

'Iron-enclosure'

topon. 'Iron-enclosure'. O.E. (R.) Isengard. >> dol, doll

angrenost

place name. Isengard, (lit.) Iron Fortress

Sindarin name of Isengard (LotR/473), a combination of angren “iron” and ost “fortress” (SA/anga, os(t); PE17/32).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Angrobel (TI/71), variously revised to N. Angost or Angrenost (TI/420; WR/44, 72), eventually settling on the latter.

Cognates

• Roh. Isengard “Iron-court, Iron-enclosure” ✧ PMI/Isengard; LotRI/Isengard; RC/772

Elements

Word	Gloss
angren	“of iron”
ost	“fort, fortress, stronghold, citadel; fortified town; enclosure, fort, fortress, stronghold, citadel; (fortified) town, [N.] city; [orig.] [S.] enclosure, [G.] yard”

Variations

• Angren/ost ✧ PE17/032

Angrenost

Fortress of Iron

It is composed of the two elements angren "iron (adjective)" and ost "fortress".