Annon-in-Gelydh

noun. gate of the Noldor

annon (“great door or gate”) + in (pl. genitive article) + (n-)Gelyth (pl. of (n-)Golodh “Noldor”)

annon-in-gelydh

place name. Gate of the Noldor

Entrance to a tunnel leading from Dor-lómin to Cirith Ninniach, translated “Gate of the Noldor” (S/238). It is a combination of annon “gate”, the plural in of the definite article i, and the plural Gelydh of Golodh “Noldo”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
annon	“(great) gate, door”
i	“the”
Golodh	“one of the wise folk, Noldo”