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| headofstate = [[Denethor (Nando)]]
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| language = [[Nandorin]]
| location = Easternmost [[Beleriand]]
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}}'''Ossiriand''' was a region of eastern [[Beleriand]].


==History==
'''''Ossiriand''''' is [[Sindarin]], meaning "the Land of Seven Rivers"<ref name=PE1781>{{PE|17}}, p. 81</ref> (alternatively "Land of Seven Streams"<ref>{{HM|SM}}, p. 116</ref>).  
Ossiriand was a green and forested land, and it was populated by the [[Nandor]].  


*''For more information, see [[Lindon]]''
*Etymology: ''Ossiriand'' contains the elements ''[[otso]]'' and ''[[sîr]]''.<ref name=PE1781/>


==Geography==
Early names used by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for this region were ''Ossiriande''<ref>{{HM|LB}}, "The Lay of Leithian: Canto I", pp. 158-9</ref>, ''Assariad'' and ''Ossiriath''<ref>{{HM|SM}}, pp. 173, 233</ref>.
Ossiriand, or ''Land of Seven Rivers'', was the most eastern region of Beleriand during the [[First Age]], lying between the [[Ered Luin]] and the river Gelion.
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North of Ossiriand lay the land of [[Thargelion]], and south of the river Adurant later lay the ''Land of the Dead that Live'', where [[Lúthien Tinúviel|Lúthien]] and [[Beren]] lived their second lives.
 
The Seven Rivers were, from north to south:
#River ''[[Gelion]]''
#River ''[[Ascar]]'' or ''Rathlóriel''
#River ''[[Thalos]]''
#River ''[[Legolin]]''
#River ''[[Brilthor]]''
#River ''[[Duilwen]]''
#River ''[[Adurant]]'', with [[Tol Galen]]


Along the northern shore of the Ascar ran the Dwarf-Road to [[Nogrod]].
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==Etymology==
''Ossiriand'' is [[Sindarin]], meaning 'the Land of Seven Rivers'<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 81</ref> (alternatively 'Land of Seven Streams'<ref>{{HM|SM}}, p. 116</ref>). Early names used by Tolkien for this region were ''Ossiriande''<ref>{{HM|LB}}, "The Lay of Leithian: Canto I", pp. 158-9</ref>, ''Assariad'' and ''Ossiriath''<ref>{{HM|SM}}, pp. 173, 233</ref>.
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*{{HM|S}}, "[[Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor]]"
*{{HM|S}}, "[[Of Beleriand and Its Realms]]"</small>
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Revision as of 16:19, 19 October 2010

Ossiriand is Sindarin, meaning "the Land of Seven Rivers"[1] (alternatively "Land of Seven Streams"[2]).

  • Etymology: Ossiriand contains the elements otso and sîr.[1]

Early names used by J.R.R. Tolkien for this region were Ossiriande[3], Assariad and Ossiriath[4].

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 81
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, p. 116
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lays of Beleriand, "The Lay of Leithian: Canto I", pp. 158-9
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, pp. 173, 233
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