ephel

noun. outer fence, encircling fence

ephel

noun. surrounding ring

_ n. _surrounding ring.

ephel

outer wall or fence

_ n. _outer wall or fence. . This gloss was rejected.

ephel

noun. outer fence, surrounding ring

Cognates

• ᴺQ. ettelë “outer fence, encircling fence”

Derivations

• ✶et-pel “outer fence” ✧ PE17/065; SA/pel

Element in

• S. Ephel Brandir “Encircling Fence of Brandir” ✧ SA/pel
• S. Ephel Dúath “Mountains of Shadow; (lit.) Fence of Shadow” ✧ SA/pel

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶et-pel > eppel > ephel	[etpel] > [eppel] > [eppʰel] > [eɸɸel] > [effel]	✧ PE17/065

Variations

• Ephel ✧ LotR/1114

iath

noun. fence

iath

noun. fence

Element in

• S. Doriath “Land of the Fence” ✧ SA/iâth; SI/Doriath; UTI/Doriath; WJ/370; WJI/Iathrim
• S. Echoriath “Encircling Mountains, (lit.) Encircling Fence” ✧ SA/echor
• S. Iathrim “*People of the Fence” ✧ WJ/378; WJI/Iathrim

Variations

• iâth ✧ SA/iâth; UTI/Doriath
• Iâth ✧ SI/Doriath; WJ/370; WJI/Iathrim

iâth

noun. fence

iâth

noun. fence

cail

noun. fence or palisade of spikes and sharp stakes

ephel

encircling fence

(outer fence) ephel (pl. ephil)

ephel

outer fence

(encircling fence) ephel (pl. ephil)

iâd

noun. fence

iâth

fence

(noun) 1) iâth (construct iath, pl. iaith) (WJ:370, 378), also ?iâd (construct iad), pl. iaid. 2) lest (girdle, boundary), pl. list, 3) (outer/encircling fence) ephel (pl. ephil), 4) (with spikes and sharp stakes) cail (i gail, o chail) (palisade); no distinct pl. form except with article (i chail).

thora

fence

(verb) *thora- (the curious form ”thoro-” occurs in the primary source, LR:393 s.v. THUR). The passive participle thoren ”fenced, guarded, hidden” is cited (pl. thorin).