S. Ered Luin loc. “Blue Mountains”
The “Blue Mountains” in western Beleriand and eastern Eriador (S/54, 91), also named Ered Lindon (S/123). This name is a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” and the adjective luin “blue”, which has the same singular and plural forms.
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name appeared as N. Eredluin “Blue Mountains” (SM/121, LR/267), but at this stage its second element was the lenited plural of N. lhûn, as is clear from its variant name N. Lhúnorodrim (Ety/LUG²).
References ✧ LBI/Ered Luin; Let/263; LotRI/Blue Mountains, Ered Luin; PE17/136; PMI/Ered Luin; S/54, 91; SA/luin; SI/Blue Mountains, Ered Luin; UTI/Ered Luin; VT48/23-24, 27-28; WJ/385; WJI/Eryd Luin
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| orod | “mountain” | plural | |
| luin | “blue” | ✧ SA/luin; VT48/23; VT48/24; VT48/28 | |
| ✶luini | “blue” | ✧ PE17/136 (luini-); VT48/27 (luini-) | |
N. Eredluin loc. “Blue Mountains”
References ✧ Ety/LUG²; LR/267; LRI; SM/108, 121, 132; SMI; TI/301; TII/Ered Luin
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Elements
| orod | “mountain” | plural | ✧ Ety/LUG² (Ered) |
| lhûn | “blue” | soft-mutation plural | ✧ Ety/LUG² (luin) |
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