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*Emerwen (Aranel) ‘(Princess) Shepherdess’, name given to Tar-Ancalimë in her youth.
Emyn Beraid Hills in the west of Eriador on which were built the White Towers. Translated Tower Hills. See Elostirion.
*Emyn Duir ‘Dark Mountains’, the Mountains of Mirkwood. See Emyn-nu-Fuin.
Emyn Muil ‘Drear Hills’, folded, rocky, and (especially on the east side) barren hill-country about Nen Hithoel (‘Mist-cool Water’) above Rauros falls.
*Emyn-nu-Fuin ‘Mountains under Night’, later name of the Mountains of Mirkwood. See Emyn Duir.
Enchanted Isles The islands set by the Valar in the Great Sea eastwards of Tol Eressëa, at the time of the Hiding of Valinor. See Shadowy Isles.
Encircling Mountains See Echoriath.
Enedwaith ‘Middle-folk’, between the rivers Greyflood (Gwathló) and Isen.
Enemy, The Name given to Morgoth; and to Sauron.
*Enerdhil Jewel-smith of Gondolin.
Ents See Enyd, Onodrim.
Entulessë ‘Return’, the ship in which Vëantur the Númenórean achieved the first voyage to Middle-earth.
Entwade Ford over the Entwash.
Entwash River flowing through Rohan from Fangorn Forest to the Nindalf. See Onodló.
Entwood Name in Rohan of Fangorn Forest. Enyd Sindarin name for Ents (plural of Onod, see Onodló, Onodrim).
*Eofor Third son of Brego the second king of Rohan; ancestor of Éomer.
*éoherë Term used by the Rohirrim for the full muster of their cavalry (for the meaning see 408).
Eöl The ‘Dark Elf’ of Nan Elmoth, father of Maeglin.
Éomer Nephew and fosterson of King Théoden; at the time of the War of the Ring Third Marshal of the Mark; after Théoden’s death eighteenth King of Rohan; friend of King Elessar.
*Éomund (1) Chief captain of the host of the Éothéod at the time of the Ride of Eorl.
Éomund (2) Chief Marshal of the Mark of Rohan; wedded Théodwyn sister of Théoden; father of Éomer and Éowyn.
Eönwë One of the mightiest of the Maiar, called the Herald of Manwë; leader of the host of the Valar in the attack on Morgoth at the end of the First Age.
éored A body of the Riders of the Éothéod.
Eorl the Young Lord of the Éothéod; rode from his land in the far North to the aid of Gondor against the invasion of the Balchoth; received Calenardhon in gift from Cirion Steward of Gondor; first King of Rohan. Called Lord of the Éothéod, Lord of the Riders, Lord of the Rohirrim, King of Calenardhon, King of the Mark of the Riders. Chronicle of, Tale of, Cirion and Eorl; Oath of Eorl; words of the oath.
Eorlings The people of Eorl, the Rohirrim; with Anglo-Saxon plural ending, Eorlingas.
Éothéod Name of the people afterwards called the Rohirrim, and also of their land (see 408). Riders, Horsemen, of the North.
Éowyn Sister of Éomer, wife of Faramir; slayer of the Lord of the Nazgûl in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
*epessë An ‘after-name’ received by one of the Eldar in addition to the given names (essi).
Ephel Brandir ‘The encircling fence of Brandir’, dwellings of the Men of Brethil upon Amon Obel. The Ephel.
Ephel Dúath ‘Fence of Shadow’, the mountain-range between Gondor and Mordor.
Erchamion See Beren (1).
Erebor An isolated mountain to the east of the northernmost parts of Mirkwood, where was the Kingdom of the Dwarves under the Mountain and the lair of Smaug. The Lonely Mountain.
Ered Lindon ‘Mountains of Lindon’, another name for Ered Luin.
Ered Lithui ‘Ash Mountains’, forming the northern border of Mordor.
Ered Lómin ‘Echoing Mountains’, forming the west-fence of Hithlum. The Echoing Mountains of Lammoth.
Ered Luin The great mountain-chain (also called Ered Lindon) separating Beleriand from Eriador in the Elder Days, and after the destruction at the end of the First Age forming the north-western coastal range of Middle-earth. Translated the Blue Mountains; called the Western Mountains.
Ered Mithrin ‘Grey Mountains’, extending from east to west north of Mirkwood.
Ered Nimrais ‘White-horn Mountains’, the great range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains. The White Mountains.
Ered Wethrin The great curving mountain-range bordering Anfauglith (Ard-galen) on the west and on the