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taragaer

place name. Ruddyhorn

Earlier name of Caradhras “Redhorn” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/419). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a combination of tarag “horn” and goer “red” (Ety/TARÁK).

Changes

  • TaragaerCaradras ✧ LRI/Taragaer
  • TaragaerCaradras ✧ RS/433

Elements

WordGloss
tarag“horn; steep mountain peak”
goer“red, copper-coloured, ruddy”
Noldorin [Ety/TARÁK; LRI/Taragaer; RS/419; RS/433; RSI/Taragaer] Group: Eldamo. Published by

carnbeleg

place name. Ruddyhorn

Earlier (rejected) name of Caradhras “Redhorn” in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/433). It seems to be a combination of caran “red” and beleg “mighty”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/1.12).

Changes

  • CarnbelegTaragaer “Ruddyhorn” ✧ RS/433

Elements

WordGloss
caran“red”
beleg“great, large”
Noldorin [RS/433; RSI/Carnbeleg] Group: Eldamo. Published by