Iron Mountains See Ered Engrin.

Isengard Translation (to represent the language of Rohan) of the Elvish name Ang renost. 361, 373-7 Isil Quenya name of the Moon. 114-5 Isildur Elder son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Anrion escaped from the Drowning of Nmenor and founded m Middle-earth the Nmenrean realms in exile; lord of Minas Ithil ; cut the Ruling Ring from Sauron's hand; slain by Orcs in the Anduin when the Ring slipped from his f inger. 337, 342, 346, 360-8, 374. Heirs of Isildur 369, 373. Heir of Isildur=Aragorn 377 Istari The Wizards. See Curunr, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olrin; Radagast. 37 2 Ivrin The lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose. 140, 257. Pools of Ivrin 132, 257, 264, 296. Falls of Ivrin 142, 206. See Eithel Ivrin. kelvar An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manw in Chapter II : 'animals, living things that move'. 43-4 Kementri 'Queen of the Earth', a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44 Khazd The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul). 103 Khazad-dm The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin's race in the Misty Mountain s (Hadhodrond, Moria). See Khazd; dm is probably a plural or collective, meaning 'excavations, halls, man sions'. 42, 104, 354 Khm Son of Mm the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of Trin's outlaw band. 249 King's Men Nmenreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili. 328-9, 332 Kinslaying, The The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualond. 98, 100-1, 120, 130, 152, 154, 166, 169, 188 Ladros The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldor in Kings to the Men of the House of Bor. 177 Laer C Beleg 'The Song of the Great Bow', made by Trin at Eithel Ivrin in memory o f Beleg Cthalion. 256 Laiquendi 'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand. 110 Lalaith 'Laughter', daughter of Hrin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242 Lammoth 'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123 Land of Shadow See Mordor. Land of the Dead that Live See Dor Firn-i-Guinar. Land of the Star Nmenor. 339, 341 Lanthir Lamath 'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house in Ossiri and, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named. 289 Last Alliance The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and G il-galad to defeat Sauron. 364 Laurelin 'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 1 14-6, 151 Lay of Leithian The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and Lthien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'. 195, 19 8, 203, 206-8, 226 Legolin The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147 lembas Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'jour ney-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread'). 247, 251, 256 Lenw The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross th e Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuivinen (the Nandor); father of Denethor. 56, 108

Lhn River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhn.354, 360 Linaewen 'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast. 141 Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea: 354, 355, 359, 370 Lindri Mother of Inzilbth. 331 Little Gelion One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north , rising in the Hill of Himring. 146 Loeg Ningloron 'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields. lmelindi Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales. 57 Lmion 'Son of Twilight', the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159 Lonely Isle See Tol Eressa. Lord of Waters See Ulmo. Lords of the West See Valar. Lorellin The lake in Lrien in Valinor where the Vala Est sleeps by day. 21 Lorgan Chief of the Easterling Men in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, by whom Tuor was enslaved. 294 Lrien (1) The name of the gardens and dwelling-place of the Vala Irmo, who was hi mself usually called Lrien. 18, 21, 24, 57, 68, 106, 114, 289