Beeches (S. neldor[1]) were broad and tall trees that grew throughout Middle-earth, and especially in its northern regions. The most famous beech-forest of all was Neldoreth in Doriath.[2] Hírilorn, the three-trunked tree in which Lúthien was imprisoned, was perhaps the greatest beech that had ever grown.[3] Beeches also grew in the Trollshaws, where trolls used them as firewood[4] and in the valley of Rivendell,[5] as well as in Mirkwood,[6] where they were the favorite trees of the Wood-elves.[7] In the attack on Isengard by the Ents, the Ent which caught fire and burned to death was called Beechbone.[8]
In other languages
- Primitive Elvish: pheren (from root BERÉTH "beech, birch" and also PHER)[9]
- Quenya: feren/ferne pl. ferni
- Telerin: bredele "beech-tree", ferne
- Ilkorin: galbreth
- Old Noldorin: pheren
- Noldorin: fer pl. ferin and also brethil (from Ilkorin)
- Doriathrin: neldor and also just orn "tree"
Portrayal in adaptations
1994: Middle-earth Role Playing—Treasures of Middle-earth
- A type of beech tree, Chap-beech (S. Hlosneldor, Q. Lussaferen), was described in the book as a deciduous pale-white tree. Its thin leaves sounded like hissing in the wind. These trees grew along the path to Dol Guldur. Chap-beechnuts had a stinging husk, but the Beornings and Radagast knew that they taste good once the husk was removed.[10][11]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", Neldoreth
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beren and Lúthien"
- ↑ H 02.043Digital Tolkien Project Citation Systems, The Hobbit, "Roast Mutton", Paragraph 43
- ↑ H 03.012Digital Tolkien Project Citation Systems, The Hobbit, "A Short Rest", Paragraph 12
- ↑ H 08.037Digital Tolkien Project Citation Systems, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders", Paragraph 37
- ↑ H 08.132Digital Tolkien Project Citation Systems, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders", Paragraph 132
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Flotsam and Jetsam"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur (1994), Treasures of Middle-earth (2nd edition) (#2010), p. 191
- ↑ Mark R. Feil (1997), Hands of the Healer (#2026), p. 94