A korin was a kind of enclosure according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales. It consisted in a circular enclosure, which could be formed by a stone wall, thorns or trees, and within there was a green pasture.[1]
The term was Qenya, and despite its similarity with Kôr, it came from a different etymological root. Its Gnomish cognate was gorin or gwarin ("circle of trees").[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "I. The Cottage of Lost Play", p. 16
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Korin"