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''' | The '''Wood of Greenleaves''' ([[Sindarin|S]]: ''[[Eryn Lasgalen]]'') was the new name chosen by [[Celeborn]] and [[Thranduil]] for the forest that had been known as [[Mirkwood]] for much of the [[Third Age]].<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> | ||
Its name is almost the same as the pre-Mirkwood name [[Eryn Galen]] ("[[Greenwood the Great]]"), but with the addition of the [[Sindarin]] word ''[[las]]'' ("leaf"). | Its name is almost the same as the pre-Mirkwood name [[Mirkwood|Eryn Galen]] ("[[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]]"),<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> but with the addition of the [[Sindarin]] word ''[[las]]'' ("leaf"). | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:49, 10 February 2022
The Wood of Greenleaves (S: Eryn Lasgalen) was the new name chosen by Celeborn and Thranduil for the forest that had been known as Mirkwood for much of the Third Age.[1]
Its name is almost the same as the pre-Mirkwood name Eryn Galen ("Greenwood the Great"),[2] but with the addition of the Sindarin word las ("leaf").
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
