S. Caragdûr loc. “*Dark-spike”
A precipice of black rock on the hill of Gondolin (S/138), apparently a combination of [N.] carag “spike” and dûr “dark” (SA/carak, dûr).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name was first written as Caragdar (WJ/325).
References ✧ SA/carak, dûr; SI; WJI/Caragdar
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| N. carag | “spike, tooth of rock” | ||
| dûr | “dark (with evil implications), gloomy, hellish” | ✧ SA/dûr | |
| √KARAK | “*sharp fang, spike, tooth” | ✧ SA/carak (carak-) | |