ᴹQ. Ando Lómen pn. “Door of Night”
Name of the “Doors of Night” leading beyond the world in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/237, 241), also appearing as a rejected name in The Etymologies as combination of ando “door” and the genitive of lóme “night” (EtyAC/LOƷ).
References ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ; SM/237, 241; SMI/Ando Lómen
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ando | “gate, door” | ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (Ando); SM/241 | |
lóme | “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” | genitive | ✧ EtyAC/LOƷ (Lómen); SM/241 (Lómen) |