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Roads (1) In Beleriand in the Elder Days: (i) The highway from Tol Sirion to Nargothrond by the Crossings of Teiglin; called the old South Road. (ii) The East Road, from Mount Taras in the West, crossing Sirion at the Brithiach and Aros at the Arossiach, perhaps leading to Himring. (iii) See Dwarf-road (i).

(2) East of the Blue Mountains: (i) The great Númenórean road linking the Two Kingdoms, by Tharbad and the Fords of Isen; called the North-South Road and (east of the Fords of Isen) the West Road; also the Great Road, the Royal Road, the horse-road, the Greenway; other references. (ii) The branch road from (i) going to the Hornburg (see Deeping-road). (iii) The road from Isengard to the Fords of Isen. (iv) The Númenórean road from the Grey Havens of Rivendell, traversing the Shire; called the East-West Road, the East Road; other references. (v) The road descending from the Pass of Imladris, crossing Anduin at the Old Ford, and traversing Mirkwood; called the Old Forest Road, the Forest Road and Men-i-Naugrim, the Dwarf-road, (vi) Númenórean roads east of Anduin: the road through Ithilien called the North Road; roads east and north from the Morannon

*Rochan(d) See Rohan.

*Rochon Methestel ‘Rider of the Last Hope’, the name of a song made concerning Borondir Udalraph.

*Róg The actual name (plural Rógin) of the Drúedain in the language of the Rohirrim, represented by the translation Woses.

Rohan Form in Gondor of the Sindarin name Rochan(d), ‘the Horse-country’, the great grassy plain originally the northern part of Gondor, and then called Calenardhon. See Mark, The; Gap of Rohan; Rohirrim.

Rohirrim ‘The Horse-lords’ of Rohan. Riders of Rohan. See Eorlings, Éothéod.

Rómendacil I Tarostar, eighth King of Gondor, who took the title of Rómendacil ‘East-victor’ after his repulse of the first attacks on Gondor by Easterlings.

Rómendacil II Minalcar, for many years Regent and afterwards nineteenth King of Gondor, who took the title of Rómendacil after his great defeat of the Easterlings in Third Age 1248.

Rómenna ‘Eastwards’, great haven in the east of Númenor. Firth of Rómenna; Bay of Rómenna

*Royal Road See Roads.

*Rú,Rúatan Quenya forms derived from the word Drughu, corresponding to Sindarin Drû, Drúadan.

Running, River See Celduin.

Sackville-Baggins Name of a family of Hobbits of the Shire. Otho

Sackville-Baggins , Lotho.

*Sador Serving-man of Húrin in Dor-lómin and friend of Túrin in his childhood, by whom he was called Labadal; called Onefoot.

Saeros Nandorin Elf, counsellor of King Thingol; insulted Túrin in Menegroth, and by him pursued to his death.

Sam(wise) Gamgee Hobbit of the Shire, one of the Fellowship of the Ring, and companion of Frodo in Mordor. Master Samwise.

*Sarchnia HînHúrin ‘Grave of the Children of Húrin’ (Brethil). Sarn Athrad ‘Ford of Stones’, where the Dwarf-road from Nogrod and Belegost crossed the river Gelion.

Sarn Ford Partial translation of Sarn Athrad ‘Ford of Stones’, ford over the Baranduin at the extreme southern point of the Shire.

Sarn Gebir ‘Stone-spikes’, name of rapids in Anduin above the Argonath, so called because of upright stake-like spikes of rock at their beginning.

Saruman ‘Man of Skill’, name among Men of Curunír (which it translates), one of the Istari (Wizards) and the head of their order. See Curumo, Curunír; White Messenger.

Sauron ‘The Abhorred’, greatest of the servants of Melkor, in his origin a Maia of Aulë. Part 2 §IV passim. Called the Dark Lord, the Dark Power, and see Annatar, Artano, Aulendil. Sauron’s Isle, see Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

Serech The great fen north of the Pass of Sirion, where the river Rivil flowed in from Dorthonion.

seregon ‘Blood of Stone’, a plant with deep red flowers that grew on Amon Rûdh.

Serni One of the rivers of Lebennin in Gondor. (The name is a derivative of Sindarin sern ‘small stone, pebble’, equivalent of Quenya sarnië ‘shingle, pebble-bank’. ‘Though Serni was the shorter river its name was continued to the sea after its confluence with Gilrain. Its mouth