S. Rammas Echor loc. “Great Wall of the Outer Circle”
The wall around the Pelennor (LotR/750) translated “Great Wall of the Outer Circle”, a combination of rammas “great wall” and echor “outer circle” (SA/ram, echor; RC/512).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name variously appeared as N. Corramas (WR/340), Ramas Coren and Rammas Ephel (WR/288).
References ✧ LotRI/Rammas Echor; PE17/100; RC/512; SA/echor, ram; WRI/Ramas Coren, Rammas Echor
Glosses
Elements
| rammas | “great wall” | ✧ RC/512 | |
| echor | “outer circle; encircling” | ✧ RC/512; SA/echor | |
| ram | “wall” | ✧ SA/ram | |
N. Ramas Coren loc.
Earlier name of S. Rammas Echor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/288), also appearing as Corramas (WE/340). It seems to be a combination of ram(m)as “*great wall” and cognates of corn “round”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.28, 3.29).
See S. Rammas Echor for further discussion.
References ✧ WR/288, 340; WRI/Ramas Coren
Variations
Changes
Elements
| ram(m)as | “*great wall” |
| corn | “round, globed” |
N. Rammas Ephel loc.
Earlier name of S. Rammas Echor in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/288), a combination of ram(m)as “*great wall” and ephel “outer fence”, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.28).
References ✧ WR/288; WRI/Ramas Coren
Elements
| ram(m)as | “*great wall” |
| ephel | “outer fence” |