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*Ithilbor Nandorin Elf, father of Saeros. Ithilien Territory of Gondor, east of Anduin; in the earliest time the possession of Isildur and ruled from Minas Ithil. North Ithilien; South Ithilien.

Ithil-stone, Stone of Ithil The palantír of Minas Ithil.

*Ithryn Luin The two Istari who went into the East of Middle-earth and never returned (singular ithron). Translated Blue Wizards. See Alatar, Pallando.

Ivanneth Sindarin name of the ninth month. See Yavannië.

Ivrin Lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose.

*Khamûl Nazgûl, second to the Chief; dwelt in Dol Guldur after its reoccupation in Third Age 2951. Called the Shadow of the East, the Black Easterling.

Khand Land south-east of Mordor.

Khazad-dûm The Dwarves’ name for Moria.

Khîm One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf; slain by Andróg.

Kingdom of the South See Gondor. Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, Arnor and Gondor.

King’s Heir (of Númenor) .

King’s Lands (i) In Rohan. (ii) Kingsland in Númenor, see Arandor.

King’s Men Númenóreans hostile to the Eldar. King’s Party.

Kings of Men See Númenóreans.

King under the Mountain Ruler of the Dwarves of Erebor. Kingdom, Kingship, under the Mountain; Mountain Kingdom. *kirinki Small scarlet-plumaged birds of Númenor.

*Labadal Túrin’s name in childhood for Sador; translated Hopafoot.

Ladros The lands to the north-east of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Bëor.

Lady of Dor-lómin Morwen; see Dor-lómin.

Lady of the Golden Wood See Galadriel.

*Lady of the Noldor See Galadriel.

*Lady of the Westlands See Erendis.

*lairelossë ‘Summer-snow-white’, fragrant evergreen tree brought to Númenor by the Eldar of Eressëa.

Lalaith ‘Laughter’, name by which Urwen Húrin’s daughter was called, from the stream that flowed past Húrin’s house. See Nen Lalaith.

Lamedon Region about the upper waters of the rivers Ciril and Ringló under the southern slopes of Ered Nimrais.

Lammoth Region north of the Firth of Drengist, between Ered Lómin and the Sea.

*Land of Gift See Númenor, Yôzâyan. Land of the Star Númenor; translation of Quenya Elenna·nórë in the Oath of Cirion.

Land of Willows See Nan-tathren.

*Langflood Name of Anduin among the Éothéod. Langstrand See Anfalas.

*Langwell ‘Source of the Langflood’, name given by the Éothéod to the river from the northern Misty Mountains which after its junction with Greylin they called Langflood (Anduin).

*lár A league (very nearly three miles).

*Larnach One of the Woodmen in the lands south of Teiglin. Daughter of Larnach.

Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron; also the Alliance, the War of the (Last) Alliance.

Laurelin ‘Song of Gold’, the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. Called the Tree of the Sun, the Golden Tree of Valinor.

Laurelindórinan ‘Valley of Singing Gold’, see Lórien (2).

Laurenandë See Lórien (2).

*laurinquë Yellow-flowered tree of the Hyarrostar in Númenor.

Lebennin ‘Five Rivers’ (those being Erui, Sirith, Celos, Serni, and Gilrain), land between Ered Nimrais and Ethir Anduin; one of the ‘faithful fiefs’ of Gondor.

Lefnui River flowing to the sea from the western end of Ered Nimrais. (The name means ‘fifth’, i.e. after Erui, Sirith, Serni, and Morthond, the rivers of Gondor that flowed into Anduin or the Bay of Belfalas.)

Legolas Sindarin Elf of Northern Mirkwood, son of Thranduil; one of the Fellowship of the Ring.

lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar. Waybread (of the Elves).

Léod Lord of the Éothéod, father of Eorl the Young.

Lhûn River in the west of Eriador issuing in the Gulf of Lhûn. Gulf of Lhûn. Frequently in an adapted spelling Lune.

Limlight River flowing from Fangorn Forest to Anduin and forming the extreme north-bound of Rohan. (For the perplexed origin of the name and its other forms (Limlaith, Limlich, Limliht, Limlint. )

Linaewen ‘Lake of birds’, great mere in Nevrast.

Lindar ‘The Singers’, name of the Teleri for