forannest

place name. North Entrance [?In]

According to Christopher Tolkien, a name for the north gates into the Rammas Echor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “North entrance [?in]” where the last word is obscure (WR/354). The same notes contained the rejected forms fornest and Anfornest, along with the words nesta, nethra and nest, the last with a difficult-to-read gloss, apparently “?heart, core” (WR/357, note #18). The other elements of this name seem to be the prefixal form for- of forn “north” and a reduced form of annon “gate”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
forn	“right or north”
annon	“great gate, door”
nest	“?heart, core”

Variations

• fornest ✧ WR/357 (fornest)
• Anfornest ✧ WR/357 (Anfornest)