úcalima

adjective. dim, murky

Ered Wethrin

Ered Wethrin

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Ered Wethrin

noun. shadowy mountains

ered (pl. of orod “mountain”), gwethrin (pl. of gwathren “shadowy, dim”)

ered wethrin

place name. Mountains of Shadow, (lit.) Shadowy Mountains

Mountains in northern Beleriand translated “Mountains of Shadow” (S/106), but more accurately “Shadowy Mountains” (S/118, PE17/43). This name is a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” and the lenited plural of the adjective gwathren “shadowy, dim” (SA/gwath, VT42/9).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s, these mountains were first called Eryd-Lómin “Mountains of Shadow” (SM/139), a remnant of earlier G. lómin “shadowy”. This name was revised to N. Eredwethion “Shadowy Mountains” later in the 1930s (SM/268, LR/250), and similar forms S. Eryd-wethion and Eryd-wethian(d) appeared in notes from the 1950s as well (PE17/42-3, WJ/113). Generally, though, the name was changed to Ered Wethrin in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, often appearing with the proper Sindarin plural of orod: S. Eryd (MR/297, WJ/113).

Changes

• Erydwethrin → Eredwethrin ✧ WJ/117

Elements

Word	Gloss
orod	“mountain”
gwathren	“shadowy, dim”

Variations

• Eryd Wethrin ✧ MR/297; MRI/Eryd Wethrin; WJI/Eryd Wethrin
• Eryd-wethrin ✧ PE17/043; WJ/113
• Eredwethrin ✧ SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion; SMI/Eredwethrin; WJ/117
• Erydwethrin ✧ WJ/117

gwathren

adjective. shadowy, dim

gwathui

adjective. shadowy

fain

dim

adj. dim, dimmed (applied to dimmed or fading lights or to things seen in them); filmy, fine-woven, etc. (applied to things that only partially screened light, such as a canopy of young still half-transparent leaves, or textures that veiled but only half-concealed a form).

gwathren

dim

(adj.) gwathren (shadowy), lenited wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);

gwathren

dim

(shadowy), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);

gwathren

shadowy

(dim), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.)

gwathuirim

shadowy people

(PM:330)

gwathra

dim

(verb) gwathra- (i **wathra, in gwathrar**) (overshadow, veil, obscure)

gwathra

dim

(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (overshadow, veil, obscure)

gwathui

shadowy

(lenited ’wathui; no distinct pl. form)

gwâth

dim light

(i ’wâth; construct gwath) (shadow, shade), pl. gwaith (in gwaith) (UT:261);

auth

dim shape

(spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".

donn

shadowy

1) donn (black, swart, swarty, shady) (lenited dhonn, pl. dynn). (VT45:11). Also dunn- in compounds. 2) gwathren (dim), lenited wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.) 3) gwathui (lenited wathui; no distinct pl. form)

donn

shadowy

(black, swart, swarty, shady) (lenited dhonn, pl. dynn). (VT45:11). Also dunn- in compounds.

eryd-lómin

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Changes

• Eryd-Lómin → Eredwethion ✧ SM/140
• Eryd Lómin → Eredwethion ✧ SM/221
• Eredlómin → Eredwethion ✧ SMI/Eredlómin
• Eredlómin → Eredwethion ✧ SMI/Eredwethion

Elements

Word	Gloss
orod	“mountain”
lómin	“shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)”

Variations

• Eredlúmin ✧ LR/405; LRI/Eredlómin
• Eryd Lómin ✧ SM/221
• Erydlómin ✧ SM/296; SMI/Eredlómin
• Eredlómin ✧ SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion
• Eredlómen ✧ SMI/Eredlómin

hebel dúath

place name. Mountains of Shadow

Earlier name of the Mountains of Shadow in Morder in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/122, 180), a combination of hebel (“?fence”) and dú(w)ath “night-shade”.

Changes

• Hebel Dúath → Ephel Dúath “Mountains of Shadow” ✧ WR/122
• Hebel Dúath → Ephel Dúath ✧ WR/180

Elements

Word	Gloss
hebel	“?fence”
dú(w)ath	“night-shade”