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'''Bar Erib''', "Dwelling of the Lonely Ones", a fortress in [[Dor-Cúarthol]], not far south of [[Amon Rûdh]].
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'''Bar-erib''' (also spelled as '''Bar Erib'''<ref name=ListOfNames>{{CH|List}}, entry ''Bar Erib''</ref><ref group=note>This spelling is given in the List of Names in the Tale of the Children of Húrin, though it is unclear if this was a mistake or was done intentionally for a reason.</ref>) was a stronghold of [[Dor-Cúarthol]] some leagues south of [[Amon Rûdh]].
== History ==
The stronghold of Bar-erib was one of the many guarded camps and fortresses that were established around the [[House of Ransom|Echad i Sedryn]], during the brief existence of [[Dor-Cúarthol]], the realm ruled by the [[Two Captains]]. Bar-erib was located within ''"the once fertile land between [[Narog]] and the [[Fens of Sirion|Meres of Sirion]]."'' It was said that from Bar-erib, there was a view to the north where the summit of Amon Rûdh could be seen and commands and messages could be received to and from both locations through signals.<ref>{{CH|8}}, p. 145</ref><ref>{{UT|2o}}, p. 169</ref>
== Etymology ==
''Bar-erib'' is [[Sindarin]] for "Dwelling of the Lonely Ones",<ref name=ListOfNames/> from ''[[bar|bâr]]'' ("home, house, dwelling") + ''[[ereb|erib]]'' ("single, alone, lonely") (pl.).<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3071481799.html|articlename=S. ''Bar Erib'' pn.|website=[[Eldamo]]|accessed=29 August 2022}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Methed-en-glad]]
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Bar-erib
Stronghold
General Information
LocationNorth of Andram, south of Amon Rûdh
TypeStronghold
People and History
InhabitantsElves and Men[1]
CreatedSometime between F.A. 487 and F.A. 489
DestroyedPossibly F.A. 489

Bar-erib (also spelled as Bar Erib[2][note 1]) was a stronghold of Dor-Cúarthol some leagues south of Amon Rûdh.

History[edit | edit source]

The stronghold of Bar-erib was one of the many guarded camps and fortresses that were established around the Echad i Sedryn, during the brief existence of Dor-Cúarthol, the realm ruled by the Two Captains. Bar-erib was located within "the once fertile land between Narog and the Meres of Sirion." It was said that from Bar-erib, there was a view to the north where the summit of Amon Rûdh could be seen and commands and messages could be received to and from both locations through signals.[3][4]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Bar-erib is Sindarin for "Dwelling of the Lonely Ones",[2] from bâr ("home, house, dwelling") + erib ("single, alone, lonely") (pl.).[5]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes

  1. This spelling is given in the List of Names in the Tale of the Children of Húrin, though it is unclear if this was a mistake or was done intentionally for a reason.

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