S. Ered Lindon loc. “Mountains of Lindon”
The mountains in eastern Beleriand and western Eriador named after the region Lindon (S/123). This name is a combination of the plural of orod “mountain” with that region name.
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as N. Eredlindon, but it was first translated “Blue Mountains” (LR/126, LR/260). The second element of this name was originally derived from N. glinn² “(pale) blue”, but in The Etymologies Tolkien rejected this word (Ety/GLINDI, EtyAC/GLINDI). He then revised this name’s derivation to the one given above, though at this stage, Lindon was an Ilkorin name (Ety/LIN², ÓROT). Despite this change, Tolkien still referred to them as the “Blue Mountains” in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/43), but with a new Sindarin name Ered Luin.
References ✧ PMI/Ered Lindon; S/123; SA/lin², orod; SI/Blue Mountains, Ered Lindon; UTI/Ered Lindon; WJ/385; WJI/Eryd Lindon
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| orod | “mountain” | plural | ✧ SA/orod (ered) |
| Lindon | “Land of Music” | ✧ SA/lin²; WJ/385 |
N. Eredlindon loc. “Mountains of Lindon, (earlier) Blue Mountains”
References ✧ Ety/LIN², LUG², ÓROT; EtyAC/GLINDI; LR/126, 260, 405; LRI; SMI; TII
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| orod | “mountain” | plural | ✧ Ety/ÓROT (ered) |
| Ilk. Lindon | “Musical Land” | ✧ Ety/LIN² | |
| glinn² | “(pale) blue” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/GLINDI (glinn) |
| glinn² | “(pale) blue” | ✧ LR/405 (lind) | |