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North-South Road See Roads.

*Núath, Woods of Woods extending westward from the upper waters of the river Narog.

*Númellótë ‘Flower of the West’ = Inziladûn.

*Númendil Seventeenth Lord of Andúnie. Númenor (In full Quenya form Númenórë. ) ‘Westernesse’,‘Westland’, the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Part 2 §§ I –III passim. Called the Great Isle, Isle of Kings, Isle of Westernesse, Land of Gift, Land of the Star; and see Akallabêth, Elenna·nórë, Yôzâyan. References to the Downfall of Númenor are given in a separate entry.

Númenóreans The Men of Númenor. (The following references include Númenórean used as an adjective.) Part 2 §§ I –III passim; Kings of Men; Men of the Sea and see Dúnedain. Númenórean tongue, speech, see Adûnaic.

*Númerrámar ‘West-wings’, the ship of Vëantur in which Aldarion made his first voyage to Middle-earth.

*Nunduinë River in the west of Númenor, flowing into the sea at Eldalondë.

*Núneth Mother of Erendis.

Núrnen ‘Sad Water’, inland sea in the south of Mordor.

*Nurufantur One of the Fëanturi; the earlier ‘true’ name of Mandos, before it was replaced by Námo. See Olofantur.

Ohtar Esquire of Isildur, who brought the shards of Narsil to Imladris. (On the name Ohtar ‘warrior’).

*Oghor-hai Name given to the Drúedain by Orcs.

*oiolairë ‘Ever-summer’, an evergreen tree brought to Númenor by the Eldar of Eressëa, from which was cut the Bough of Return set upon the Númenórean ships. (Corollairë, the Green Mound of the Trees in Valinor, was also called Coron Oiolairë: Appendix to The Silmarillion, entry coron). Bough of Return.

Oiolossë ‘Ever-snow-white’, the Mountain of Manwë in Aman. See Amon Uilos, Taniquetil.

*Old Company Name given to the original members of Túrin’s band in Dor-Cúarthol.

Old Ford Ford over Anduin on the Old Forest Road. See Ford of Carrock.

Old Forest The ancient forest extending eastwards from the borders of Buckland.

Old Forest Road See Roads.

*Old Púkel-land, Old Púkel-wilderness See Drúwaith Iaur.

Old Took Gerontius Took, Hobbit of the Shire, grandfather of Bilbo Baggins and great-great-grandfather of Peregrin Took.

*Olofantur One of the Fëantúri; the earlier ‘true’ name of Lórien, before it was replaced by Irmo. See Nurufantur.

Olórin Gandalf’ s name in Valinor.

Olwë King of the Teleri of Alqualondë on the coast of Aman.

Ondoher Thirty-first King of Gondor, slain in battle with the Wainriders in Third Age 1944.

*Ondosto A place in the Forostar (Northlands) of Númenor, probably particularly associated with the stone-quarries of the region (Quenya ondo ‘stone’).

*Onodló Sindarin name of the river Entwash. Onodrim Sindarin name for Ents. See Enyd.

*Orchaldor Númenórean, husband of Ailinel the sister of Tar-Aldarion; father of Soronto.

Orcs Passim ; Orc-men of Isengard

Order of Wizards . See Heren Istarion.

Orfalch Echor The great ravine through the Encircling Mountains by which Gondolin was approached; also simply the Orfalch.

*Orleg A man of Túrin’s outlaw-band, slain by Orcs on the road to Nargothrond.

Orodreth Second son of Finarfin; King of Nargothrond after the death of Finrod Felagund; father of Finduilas. Lord of Narog.

Orodruin ‘Mountain of Blazing Fire’ in Mordor, in which Sauron forged the Ruling Ring.

Oromë One of the great Valar, called the Lord of Forests.

Oromet Hill near Andúnië in the west of Númenor on which was built the tower of Tar-Minastir.

*Oropher King of the Silvan Elves in Greenwood the Great; slain in the War of the Last Alliance; father of Thranduil.

*Orrostar ‘Eastlands’, the eastern promontory of Númenor.

Orthanc The great Númenórean tower in the Circle of Isengard, afterwards the abode of Saruman. Orthanc-stone, Stone of Orthanc, the palantír of Orthanc.

Osgiliath The chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of Anduin. Stone of Osgiliath, the palantír.

Ossë Maia of the Sea, vassal of Ulmo.

Ossiriand ‘Land of Seven Rivers’ between the river Gelion and the Blue Mountains in the