Troll-fells

" It flows down out of the Ettenmoors, the troll-fells north of Rivendell, and joins the Loudwater away in the South."

― The Fellowship of the Ring, Flight to the Ford

The troll-fells are another name for the Ettenmoors. The first instance was devoid of a dash and was capitalized, "Trollfells", J.R.R. Tolkien wrote on a map: "Alter Entish Lands to [Trollfells > Bergrisland >] Ettenmoor". This is also the first mention of Ettenmoor(s) in the legendarium.

Instances

• The Fellowship of the Ring, Flight to the Ford pg. 267
• The Fellowship of the Ring, The Council of Elrond pg. 346
• The Treason of Isengard, The First Map of The Lord of the Rings pg. 306 (as "Trollfells")
• The Treason of Isengard, The Story Forseen from Fangorn, pg. 439

Etymology

"Fells" translates to hills or moorland, thus "troll-fells" were hills in which trolls lived.

See also

• Ettenmoors