S. Erebor loc. “Lonely Mountain”

S. Erebor, loc. “Lonely Mountain”

Sindarin name of the “Lonely Mountain” (LotR/1072). The initial element of this name is clearly ereb “single, alone” (SA/er), and the second element is likely a shorter version of orod “mountain” (as suggested by David Salo, GS/376).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, this name appeared as N. Erebras (EtyAC/ERE), while in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Dolereb (TI/306) before being revised to N. Erebor (TI/142, 152, note #2).

References ✧ LotR/1072; LotRI/Erebor, Lonely Mountain; PMI; SA/er; UTI

Glosses

Elements

ereb “single, alone, lonely”
orod “mountain”
er “one, alone” ✧ SA/er

N. Erebor loc. “Lonely Mountain”

See S. Erebor for discussion.

References ✧ SDI1/Erebor; TI/142, 306; TII; WRI

Glosses

Elements

ereb “isolated”
orod “mountain”

N. Dolereb loc. “Lonely Mt.”

Early name of S. Erebor from Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s glossed “Lonely Mt.” (TI/306). It is a combination of dôl “head, hill” and ereb “lonely”.

See S. Erebor for further discussion.

References ✧ TI/306; TII/Erebor

Glosses

Changes

Elements

dôl “head, hill”
ereb “isolated”

N. Erebras loc. “Lonely Mountain”

Earlier name for Erebor appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/ERE), a combination of ereb “isolated” and the lenited form of rhas “horn”.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/ERE ✧ “Lonely Mountain”

Elements

ereb “isolated” ✧ Ety/ERE
rhas “horn [of both animals and mountains]” soft-mutation ✧ EtyAC/ERE (ras)