orfalch echor

place name. *High Cleft of the Outer Circle

A ravine in the Echoriath leading to Gondolin (S/239). This name seems to be a combination of [N.] or “above”, falch “cleft” and echor “outer circle”, perhaps meaning “✱High Cleft of the Outer Circle”.

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, a similar ravine was named G. Glorfalc “Golden Cleft” (LT2/150), whose the final element G. falc “cleft” resembles the element in the later name, possibly of the same meaning.

Orfalch Echor

noun. encircling, up-going valley

or (prefix “above, over”) + falch (“deep cleft, ravine”), echor (“encircling”)

orf

noun. apple

orfing

noun. pear, *(lit.) hair-apple

cordof

apple

(small red apple, "pippin") cordof (i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll pl. cordovath

cordof

apple

(i gordof, o chordof), pl. cerdyf (i cherdyf), coll pl. cordovath