N. Duil Rain loc. “Border Hills”
Earliest (and immediately rejected) name of Emyn Muil in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, glossed “Border Hills” (TI/268). Its seems to be a combination of the plural of dôl “hill” and rhain¹ “border”.
Reference ✧ TI/268 ✧ “Border Hills”
Changes
Elements
| dôl | “head, hill” | plural | ✧ TI/268 (Duil) |
| rhain¹ | “border” | soft-mutation | ✧ TI/268 (Rain) |