S. Taur e-Ndaedelos loc. “Forest of the Great Fear”
The Sindarin name of Mirkwood, translated “Forest of the Great Fear” (LotR/1134), a combination of taur “forest”, en¹ “of the” and the mutated form of daedelos “horrible fear”.
References ✧ LotR/1134; LotRI/Mirkwood; UT/281; UTI/Taur-e-Ndaedelos
Glosses
Elements
taur | “forest, wood” | ✧ LotR/1134 | |
en¹ | “of the” | elided | ✧ LotR/1134 (e) |
daedelos | “horrible fear” | mixed-mutation | ✧ LotR/1134 (Ndaedelos) |