N. Sern Aranath loc. “King Stones”
Earlier name for the Argonath appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/366), a combination of the plural of sarn “stone” and the class-plural of aran “king”. It also appeared with the ordinary plural Sern Erain, and the singular form Sarn Aran (WR/98).
References ✧ TI/366; TII/Argonath; WR/98, 132; WRI/Sarn Aran, Sern Aranath
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| sarn | “stone as a material” | plural | ✧ WR/98 (Sern) |
| aran | “king, lord (of a specific region)” | class-plural | ✧ WR/98 (Erain) |