The Adorn was one of the rivers which arose in the White Mountains flowing northwest, and joined with the River Isen about 150 miles west of the Gap of Rohan at the borders of Enedwaith.[1]
Together with the Isen, the Adorn formed the western border of the Kingdom of Rohan.[2] The triangle of land between the Isen, Adorn, and the White Mountains was nominally part of the Kingdom of Rohan,[3] but in the late Third Age it was a contested area between the Rohirrim and the Dunlendings. Lord Freca held lands at either side of the river around T.A. 2758.[4]
Etymology
The name Adorn is said to be a of pre-Númenórean origin, in a form suitable to the Sindarin language.[5][6][7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen", Note 4
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index, entry Adorn
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, entry Adorn, p. 8
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Three. The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XXII. The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor", entry Adorn, p. 386