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Carach Angren

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Carach Angren
Physical Description
TypeGuarded pass
LocationMeeting of Udûn and Gorgoroth, joining of spurs of Ered Lithui and Ephel Dúath
General Information
Other namesIsenmouthe
EtymologyS. carach "jaws" + angren "iron"

Carach Angren or Isenmouthe was a pass in the northwest of Mordor.





Both Carach Angren and Isenmouthe mean "Iron-mouth": "It was so called because of the great fence of pointed iron posts that closed the gap leading into Udûn, like teeth in jaws."[2]

Isen is an old English variant form of iron; and mouthe represents Old English mūða < mūð "opening, mouth" especially used of the mouths of rivers, but also applied to other openings.[2]

It was used to show an archaic Westron name of the place, translation of Sindarin Carach Angren.[2]

