Dimholt

From Tolkien Gateway
Revision as of 01:04, 20 September 2011 by Gamling (talk | contribs) (Added reference)

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]

References