Orod-na-Thôn

Orod-na-Thôn, also known as the Foen, the Mount of the Pine Tree(s), and the Pine-mountain, was a tallParma Eldalamberon XXI, "Qenya Noun Structure", pg. 79 and high mountain that was located in the midst of Dorthonion.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, chapter 4: "Treebeard", pg. 72
==History==
Sometime in the Elder Days, Treebeard climbed up Orod-na-Thôn in Dorthonion during a snowy winter in Beleriand.
During the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, Orod-na-Thôn was later drowned beneath Belegaer along with the rest of Beleriand.
On February 29 in the year 3019 of the Third Age,The Lord of the Rings, "Appendix B", "The Great Years" Treebeard mentioned his time on Orod-na-Thôn in a song he sang as he took Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took to Wellinghall in Fangorn Forest.
==Etymology==
Orod-na-Thôn is a Sindarin name translating to "Mount of the Pine Tree(s)" and containing the elements orod ("mountain"), na(n) ("of; with, along with, accompanied by, provided with or by,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pg. 374 (entry NĀ1-) associated with, marked with")Parma Eldalamberon XVII, "Words, Phrases, and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pgs. 81-2, and thônThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pg. 392 (entry THŌN-) ("pine-tree" or "pine").
Foen is a Sindarin name meaning "Long Sight" because of its height.
==In other versions==
In an early draft of The Lord of the Rings, Orod-na-Thôn was written as Orod Thon, an Ilkorin name, which was then changed to Orod Thuin, a Ñoldorin name.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. VII: The Treason of Isengard, XXII: "Treebeard", pg. 420 (note "6")
In The Lost Road and Other Writings, Foen is glossed as a Ñoldorin name meaning "radiant, white".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pg. 381 (entry PHAY-)
Orod-na-Thôn went through many other more complex etymological changes.
==References==
Category:Beleriand
Category:Dorthonion
Category:Mountains
Category:Sindarin names & words