lostladen

place name. *Empty and Open

Name of the region south of Mordor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s; the name Lothlann was applied to the same region (WR/426). Since Lhothland was elsewhere translated “Empty and Wide” (Ety/LAD), the name Lostladen was likely a combination of lhost “empty” and lhost “open”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.44).

Elements

Word	Gloss
lhost	“empty”
lhaden	“flat (and wide); open, cleared, flat (and wide); open, cleared; [ᴱN.] smooth”