S. Ephel Brandir loc. “Encircling Fence of Brandir”
A village of the folk of Haleth surrounded by stockade (S/216), a combination of ephel “fence” and the name of their leader Brandir (SA/pel).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this village was first named Tavrobel (Ety/PEL(ES), LR/412-3). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, the name was briefly changed to Bar Haleth (WJ/157), then more permanently replaced by Ephel Brandir (WJ/89).
References ✧ LRI/Ephel Brandir; LT2I/Ephel Brandir; SA/pel; SI/Ephel Brandir; UTI/Ephel Brandir; WJI/Bar Haleth, Ephel Brandir
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| ephel | “outer fence, surrounding ring” | ✧ SA/pel |
| Brandir | “*Noble Man” |
S. Bar Haleth loc.
A transient replacement for Ephel Brandir (WJ/157), a combination of S. bâr “house, home” and the Edain name Haleth.
References ✧ WJ/157; WJI/Bar Haleth
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| bâr | “house, dwelling, home” |
| Ed. Haleth |
N. Tavrobel loc.
Village in Tol Eressea where Ælfwine record the tales of the Elves in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/263), an idea that disappeared from later versions of the Silmarillion. In The Etymologies, it was given as a combination of tavor “woodpecker” and the lenited form of gobel “village” (Ety/PEL(ES), TAM).
Conceptual Development: This village G. Tavrobel appeared in the earliest Lost Tales, though it was the earlier character Eriol who did the recording rather than Ælfwine (LT1/25). At this stage the name translated “Wood Home” and was a combination of tavros “forest” and the lenited form of pel “village” (GL/64, 69) and sometimes appeared in the variant form G. Tavrost (LT2/292). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, it was reinterpreted as noted above. In its final mention in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, it was written Tathrobel (LR/203); this last form might be Old English (SM/282 note #3).
This name was also used as an early name of Ephel Brandir (LR/412-3, WJ/157).
References ✧ Ety/PEL(ES), TAM; LR/203; LRI; SDI2/Tavrobel; SMI; TII; WJ/157; WJI
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| tavor | “woodpecker, knocker” | ✧ Ety/TAM | |
| gobel | “walled house or village, town” | ✧ Ety/PEL(ES) | |
| ᴹ√TAM | “knock” | ✧ Ety/PEL(ES) | |
| ᴹ√PEL(ES) | “revolve on fixed point” | ✧ Ety/TAM | |
G. Tavrobel loc. “Wood Home”
References ✧ GL/64, 69; LT1A/Tavrobel; LT1I/Gilfanon, Tavrobel; LT2/292; LT2I/Taurossë, Tavrobel, Tavrost; PE13/94
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| tavros | “forest, wooded land” | ✧ GL/69; LT1A/Tavari | |
| †pel | “village, hamlet, -ham” | soft-mutation | ✧ GL/64 (†pel); LT1A/Tavrobel |
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G. Tavrost loc. “Haywood”
References ✧ LT1A/Tavrobel; LT2/292; LT2I
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| tavros | “forest, wooded land” | ✧ LT1A/Tavari |
| rost | “slope, hill side, ascent” | ✧ LT1A/Tavrobel |
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