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Ered Wethrin

Ered Wethrin

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Ered Wethrin

noun. shadowy mountains

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

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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

  • ErydwethrinEredwethrin ✧ WJ/117

Elements

WordGloss
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
Sindarin [LBI/Ered Wethrin; LR/300; LT1I/Ered Wethrin; LT2I/Ered Wethrin; MR/297; MRI/Eryd Wethrin; PE17/043; S/106; S/118; SA/gwath; SI/Ered Wethrin; SI/Shadowy Mountains; SMI/Eredlómin; SMI/Eredwethion; SMI/Eredwethrin; UTI/Ered Wethrin; WJ/113; WJ/117; WJI/Eryd Wethrin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwathren

adjective. shadowy, dim

Sindarin [Ered Wethrin S/432, VT/42:9] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gwathui

adjective. shadowy

Sindarin [Gwathuirim PM/330] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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).

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:174] < *_phanyā_ < PHAN cover, screen, veil. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

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.