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interlacing ramification of names (including variant translations, partial translations, names that are equivalent in reference but not in meaning), which makes such consistency extremely difficult or impossible to achieve: as may be seen from such a series as Eilenaer, Halifirien, Amon Anwar, Anwar, Hill of Anwar, Hill of Awe, Wood of Anwar, Firienholt, Firien Wood, Whispering Wood. As a general rule I have included references for translations of Elvish names under the Elvish entry (as Langstrand under Anfalas), with a cross-reference, but I have departed from this in particular cases, where the ‘translated’ names (as Mirkwood, Isengard) are generally used and familiar.

Adanedhel ‘Elf-Man’, name given to Túrin in Nargothrond.

Adorn Tributary of the river Isen, forming with it the western bounds of Rohan. (The name is ‘of a form suitable to Sindarin, but not interpretable in that language. It must be supposed to be of pre-Númenórean origin, adapted to Sindarin.’)

*Adrahil (1) A commander of the forces of Gondor against the Wainriders in Third Age 1944; called ‘of Dol Amroth’, and presumably an ancestor of Adrahil (2).

Adrahil (2) Prince of Dol Amroth, father of Imrahil.

Adûnaic The language of Númenor. Númenórean tongue, speech.

*aeglos (1) ‘Snowthorn’, a plant that grew on Amon Rûdh.

Aeglos (2) The spear of Gil-galad (as a word-formation the same as the preceding).

Aegnor Noldorin prince, the fourth son of Finarfin; slain in the Dagor Bragollach.

Aelin-uial The region of marshes and pools where the river Aros flowed into Sirion. Translated Twilit Meres.

Aerin Kinswoman of Húrin in Dor-lómin; taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling; aided Morwen after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Agarwaen ‘Blood-stained’, name given to himself by Túrin when he came to Nargothrond.

*Agathurush Adûnaic translation of the name Gwathló.

*Aghan The Drûg (Drúadan) in the story of ‘The Faithful Stone’.

Aglarond ‘The Glittering Cavern’ of Helm’s Deep in Ered Nimrais; used also in reference to the fortress more strictly called the Hornburg, at the entrance to Helm’s Deep. See Glˆæmscrafu.

*Ailinel The elder of Tar-Aldarion’s sisters.

*Aiwendil ‘Lover of Birds’, Quenya name of Radagast the Wizard.

Akallabêth ‘The Downfallen’, Númenor. References to the work named Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor) are not given here.

*Alatar One of the Blue Wizards (Ithryn Luin).

Al(a)táriel ‘Maiden crowned with a radiant garland’ (see Appendix to The Silmarillion, entry kal-), Quenya and Telerin forms of the name Galadriel.

Aldarion See Tar-Aldarion.

*Aldburg The dwelling ofÉomer in the Folde (Rohan), where Eorl the Young had his house.

Aldor Third King of Rohan, son of Brego son of Eorl the Young.

alfirin A small white flower, also called uilos and simbelmynë (Evermind).

*Algund Man of Dor-lómin, one of the outlaw-band (Gaurwaith) that Túrin joined.

*Almarian Daughter of the Númenórean mariner Vëantur, Queen of Tar-Meneldur and mother of Tar-Aldarion.

*Almiel The younger of Tar-Aldarion’s sisters.

Alqualondë ‘Haven of the Swans’, chief city and haven of the Teleri on the coast of Aman.

Aman ‘Blessed, free from evil’, the land of the Valar in the uttermost West. The Blessed Realm, Blessed Land. See Undying Lands.

Amandil (1) See Tar-Amandil.

Amandil (2) Last Lord of Andúnië, father of Elendil the Tall.

*Amdír King of Lórien, slain in the Battle of Dagorlad; father of Amroth. See Malgalad.

*Amon Anwar Sindarin name of Halifirien, seventh of the beacons of Gondor in Ered Nimrais. Translated Hill of Awe and partially as Hill of Anwar; also simply Anwar. See Eilenaer, Halifirien, Wood of Anwar.

*Amon Darthir A peak in the range of Ered Wethrin south of Dor-lómin.

Amon Dîn ‘The Silent Hill’, first of the beacons of Gondor in Ered Nimrais.

Amon Ereb ‘The Lonely Hill’ in East Beleriand.

Amon Ethir The great earthwork raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the Doors of Nargothrond. Translated the Spyhill.

*Amon Lanc ‘The Naked Hill’ in the south of Greenwood the Great, afterwards called Dol Guldur.

Amon Obel A hill in the Forest of Brethil,