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'''Dimholt''', was a fir-wood of dark trees at the entrance to the [[Dark Door]] within [[Dunharrow]]. | '''Dimholt''', was a fir-wood of dark trees at the entrance to the [[Dark Door]] within [[Dunharrow]]. | ||
The Dimholt was traversed by a double row of standing stones that marked an ancient roadway leading away into the east, towards the [[Dwimorberg]] and the [[Paths of the Dead]]. Deep within | The Dimholt was traversed by a double row of standing stones that marked an ancient roadway leading away into the east, towards the [[Dwimorberg]] and the [[Paths of the Dead]]. Deep within a wood of black trees stood a single great stone to mark the way, and beyond that, among the roots of the Dwimorberg, lay the Dark Door of [[The Dead]].<ref>{{RK|V2}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word is supposed to be [[Rohirric]] and the element ''dim'' has the archaic sense "obscure, secret". ''Holt'' means "wood" in occasional poetic use.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 768</ref> | The word is supposed to be [[Rohirric]] and the element ''dim'' has the archaic sense "obscure, secret". ''Holt'' means "wood" in occasional poetic use.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 768</ref> |
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Dimholt, was a fir-wood of dark trees at the entrance to the Dark Door within Dunharrow.
The Dimholt was traversed by a double row of standing stones that marked an ancient roadway leading away into the east, towards the Dwimorberg and the Paths of the Dead. Deep within a wood of black trees stood a single great stone to mark the way, and beyond that, among the roots of the Dwimorberg, lay the Dark Door of The Dead.[1]
Etymology
The word is supposed to be Rohirric and the element dim has the archaic sense "obscure, secret". Holt means "wood" in occasional poetic use.[2]