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Cracks of Doom

Cracks of Doom

Sammath Naur is a Sindarin name. Sammath is collective plural of a word sam believed to mean "room, chamber", cf. Quenya sambe. Note that in the earlier Etymologies the Noldorin reflex of sambe was given as tham. The latter word (naur) means "fire".

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