Lebethron

Lebethron was a blackThe Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book VI, ch. V: "The Steward and the King" hardwood tree of Gondor that grew in Ithilien and probably the Ered Nimrais. The tree was said to be fair and it was favored by the wood-wrights of Gondor.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book IV, ch. VII: "Journey to the Cross-Roads"
The staves that Faramir gave to Frodo and Sam were made of Lebethron, as was the casket in which the Crown of Gondor was kept.
==Etymology==
Lebethron was a Númenórean Sindarin word with an unknown meaning containing the element lebeth, which was related to the Quenya element lepsëParma Eldalamberon XVII, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", pg. 89 ("finger"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"). The second element was either derived from oron ("tree") or the root run ("rub, grind, smooth, polish").
==In other versions==
In earlier drafts, Lebethron was written as Melinon before being changed to Lebendron and then to Lebethras and finally to Lebethron.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VIII: The War of the Ring, pgs. 180, 207
==References==
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