The name of the great eastern forest before it became Mirkwood, translated “Greenwood” (UT/281). This name is a combination of eryn “woods” and the lenited form galen of calen “green”. With its restoration after the War of the Ring, Mirkwood was renamed to Eryn Lasgalen “Wood of Greenleaves”.
The name of the great eastern forest before it became Mirkwood, translated “Greenwood” (UT/281). This name is a combination of eryn “woods” and the lenited form galen of calen “green”. With its restoration after the War of the Ring, Mirkwood was renamed to Eryn Lasgalen “Wood of Greenleaves”.