S. Thargelion loc. “Land beyond Gelion”
The land between river Gelion and the Blue Mountains translated “Land beyond Gelion” (S/124), a combination of thar “across” and the river name Gelion (SA/thar, PE17/34).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name first appeared as N. Targelion >> Thargelion (LR/265, 268), and also in The Etymologies with the same derivation as given above (Ety/THAR). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien also considered the forms Thargelian (WJ/320) and Thorewilan (WJ/336).
References ✧ PE17/34; S/124; SA/thar; SI; SMI; WJI/Thargelion, Thorewilan
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| thar | “across, athwart, over” | ✧ PE17/34 (thar); SA/thar |
| Gelion |
N. Thargelion loc. “Land beyond Gelion”
References ✧ Ety/THAR; LR/265, 268; LRI; RSI
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| #thar | “across, beyond” | ✧ Ety/THAR |
| Gelion¹ | ✧ Ety/THAR |