Eldamo : Noldorin : Sarn Gebir

N. Sarn Gebir loc.

N. Sarn Gebir, loc.

See S. Sarn Gebir for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/KEPER; EtyAC/KEPER; TI/283; TII/Sarn Gebir; WR/98; WRI/Sarn Gebir

Glosses

“?lone stone” ✧ Ety/KEPER (Sern Gebir)
“Stand[?ing stones], [?Lime]stones” ✧ EtyAC/KEPER (Serngebir)

Variations

Sarn-gebir ✧ TI/283; TII/Sarn Gebir; WR/98; WRI/Sarn Gebir
Sern Gebir ✧ TI/283; Ety/KEPER (Sern Gebir)
Sarngebir ✧ EtyAC/KEPER
Serngebir ✧ EtyAC/KEPER

Sarn Aran = the Gates of Sarn Gebir ✧ WR/98

Changes

Sarngebir >> Serngebir “Stand[?ing stones], [?Lime]stones” ✧ EtyAC/KEPER
Sern Gebir >> Sarn-gebir ✧ TI/283

Elements

sarn	“stone as a material”
ceber	“?limestone, -rock”	soft-mutation plural	✧ Ety/KEPER (cebir); EtyAC/KEPER (cebir)

N. Sarn Ruin loc.

Earlier name of S. Sarn Gebir in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/366). Its initial element is sarn “stone”, but the meaning of its second element is unclear. Some possibilities were suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.39, 2.40).

See S. Sarn Gebir for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/366; TII/Sarn Ruin; WRI/Sarn Ruin

Elements

sarn	“stone as a material”
?

N. Ruinel loc.

Earlier name of S. Sarn Gebir in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/366). Its meaning is unclear, but some possibilities were suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.39, 2.40).

See S. Sarn Gebir for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/366; TII/Pensarn

N. Pensarn loc.

Earliest name of S. Sarn Gebir in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/366). It may be a combination of penn¹ “slope” and sarn “stone”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/2.40).

See S. Sarn Gebir for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/366; TII

Changes

Pensarn >> Ruinel ✧ TI/366; TII/Pensarn

Elements

penn¹	“declivity”
sarn	“stone as a material”