Menn-i-Naugrim

The Menn-i-Naugrim, the Old Forest Road or Forest RoadUnfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", Notes, note 14, was the main route of the Dwarves that originally ran from Khazad-dûm to the Iron Hills.The Nature of Middle-earth, Part Three: "The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants", XX: "Note on the Dwarf Road"
Starting at Khazad-dûm, the Menn-i-Naugrim ran from the Great Gates north along the Misty Mountains over the upper course of the Gladden in the Gladden Fields and then turned east to the lowest point of the Anduin where a stone-bridge could be supported and then straight east across the Vales of Anduin and through Mirkwood. The road then crossed another bridge over the River Running and then turned north-east over open land to the Iron Mines in the Iron Hills.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, X: "Of Dwarves and Men", Notes, note 30 This part of the Menn-i-Naugrim eventually fell into disrepair and the Dwarves of the Iron Hills lost contact with Khazad-dûm. A road descending from the High Pass of Rivendel was also part of the Dwarf Road.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index, entry Roads (2) (v) The latitude of the eastern part of the road was halfway between the ancient Dwarven meeting-place at Mount Gundabad to the north, and Khazad-dûm to the south.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
In the late Third Age, the surviving section through Mirkwood was around three hundred miles in length.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland"The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"
==History==
The Menn-i-Naugrim was laid out during the First Age to connect the Dwarves of the Iron Hills with their kin in the Misty Mountains. The Longbeards built the stone-bridge over the Anduin and the first miles of the road through the Greenwood while the Dwarves of the Iron Hills built the bridge over the River Running. The road was completed early on in the Second Age and saw its greatest use in that time when many Dwarves emigrated from the Blue Mountains to Khazad-dûm and to the Iron Hills.
The Menn-i-Naugrim continued to experience a large amount of use until around the year 1693The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for 1693 during the War of the Elves and Sauron.
Between the years 3431The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entries for 3431 and 3434 and 3434 near the end of the Second Age, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men strengthened and enlarged the stone bridge across the Anduin specifically to allow their armies to cross the river.
After Sauron's occupation of Dol Guldur in the Third Age, the forest of Mirkwood became more and more dark and dangerous, so most chose not to travel upon it for fear of being attacked. The fall of Khazad-dûm to the Balrog also decreased traffic. The result was that by the time of the late Third Age large stretches of the road had fallen out of use and did not appear on maps.
By the time of the Quest of Erebor in the year 2941The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for 2941, the stone bridge over the Anduin had been lost and the river had to be crossed at the Old Ford. Thorin and Company intended to use the Menn-i-Naugrim to travel through Mirkwood, but Beorn warned them that the road from the High Pass of Imladris to the Forest Gate at the western edge of Mirkwood was often used by Northern Orcs and that he had heard that the road was overgrown and disused at the eastern end which led to the impassable Long Marshes near the River Running where the paths had long been lost.The Hobbit, Ch. 7: "Queer Lodgings" He instead recommended that they use the Elf-path, a secret path made by the Wood-elves of Mirkwood.
After the destruction of Dol Guldur near the end of the War of the Ring in the year 3019,The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years", entry for March 25 of 3019 the Menn-i-Naugrim may have been repaired. The road may have saw use again by the Beornings and the Woodmen because they were given the land between the Mountains of Mirkwood and the Narrows of the Forest.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
== Etymology ==
Menn-i-Naugrim is a name in Sindarin meaning "Way of the Dwarves" or "Dwarf Road",Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index, entry "Men-i-Naugrim" being a compound of menn ("road, way"), i ("the") and Naugrim ("dwarves")."Men-i-Naugrim" on eldamo.org
== External links ==
* Where Did the Old Forest Road in Mirkwood Lead To? by Michael L. Martinez
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Ou Bos Pad
Albanian 	Rruga e vjetër pyjore
Amharic 	የድሮው የደን መንገድ
Alemannic German 	Aldwald Strôß
Arabic 	طريق الغابة القديم
Armenian 	Հին անտառային ճանապարհ
Assamese 	পুৰণি বন পথ
Asturian 	Vieya Carretera Forestal
Azerbaijani 	Köhnə Meşə Yolu
Basque 	Oihan Zaharra errepidea
Belarusian Cyrillic	Старая лясная дарога
Bengali 	পুরানো বন রাস্তা
Bosnian 	Stari Šumsku cestu
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Старият горски път
Burmese 	ဟောငျးသစ်တောလမ်း
Cambodian 	ផ្លូវព្រៃឈើចាស់
Chinese 	老森林路
Croatian 	Stari šumski cesta
Czech 	Stará lesní cesta
Danish 	Gamle skovvej
Dutch 	Oude Bosweg
Esperanto 	Malnova Arbaro Vojo
Estonian 	Vana metsatee
Faroese 	Gamal Skógurvegur
Filipino 	Lumang kalye ng kagubatan
Fijian 	Gaunisala ni veikau ni makawa
Finnish 	Vanha metsätie
French 	Vieille Route de la Forêt
Frisian 	Alde Wâldwei (Western)
Galician 	Estrada de bosque antigo
Georgian 	ძველი ტყის გზა
German 	Alte Waldstraße
Greek 	Παλιός δασικός δρόμος
Gujarati 	જૂનો ફોરેસ્ટ રોડ
Hebrew 	(Old Forest Road) דרך היער העתיקה (Menn-i-Naugrim) מן אי נאוגרים
Hindi 	पुराना जंगल रोड
Hungarian 	Öregerdő út
Indonesian 	Jalan Hutan Tua
Irish Gaelic 	Seanbhóthar Foraoise
Italian 	Antica Via Silvana
Japanese 	オールドフォレストロード
Javanese 	Lawas Alas
Kannada 	ಹಳೆಯ ಅರಣ್ಯ ರಸ್ತೆ
Kazakh 	Ескі орман Жол (Cyrillic) Eski orman Jol (Latin)
Korean 	오래된 숲 길
Kurdish 	ڕێگای دارستانی کۆن (Sorani) Rêya Daristana Kevin (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эски Токой жол
Laotian 	ຖະຫນົນປ່າເກົ່າ
Latin 	Silva vetus via
Latvian 	Vecais meža ceļš
Lithuanian 	Senojo Miško Kelias
Luxembourgish 	Al Bësch Strooss
Macedonian Cyrillic	Стар шумски пат
Maithili 	पुराना वन सड़क
Malagasy 	Taloha Ala Lalana
Malayalam 	പഴയ ഫോറസ്റ്റ് റോഡ്
Malaysian 	Jalan Hutan lama
Maltese 	Triq Forestali antika
Maori 	Tawhito ngahere huarahi
Marathi 	जुने फॉरेस्‍ट रोड
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хуучин Ойн зам
Nepalese 	पुरानो वन सडक
Norwegian 	Gammel skogsvei
Occitan 	Vièlha rota del Bòsc
Pashto 	زاړه ځنګل سړک
Persian 	جاده قدیمی جنگل
Polish 	Stara Droga Leśna
Portuguese 	Estrada Floresta Velha
Punjabi 	ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਫੋਰੈਸਟ ਰੋਡ
Romanian 	Vechiul Drum forestier
Russian 	Мен-и-На́угрим (Menn-i-Naugrim)
Старая лесная дорога (Old Forest Road)
Samoan 	Tuai Vaomatua Auala
Sardinian 	Carrela de su padente betzu
Scottish Gaelic 	Seann Rathad coille
Serbian 	Стари шумски пут (Cyrillic) Stari šumski put (Latin)
Sicilian 	Strata dâ Furesta Vecchia
Sindhi 	پراڻي جنگل روڊ
Sinhalese 	පැරණි වනාන්තර මාර්ගය
Slovak 	Stará lesná cesta
Slovenian 	Stara gozdna cesta
Somali 	Waddo kaynta qadiimiga ?
Spanish 	Viejo Camino del Bosque
Sundanese 	Heubeul Leuweung Jalan
Swahili 	Barabara ya msitu ya kale
Swedish 	Gamla skogsväg
Tajik Cyrillic 	Роҳи кӯҳнаи ҷангал
Tatar 	Иске урман юлы
Tamil 	பழைய வன சாலை
Telugu 	పాత అటవీ రహదారి
Thai 	ถนนป่าเก่า
Turkish 	Eski Orman Yolu
Turkmen 	Köne Tokaý Ýoly
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Старий Лісовій Дорозі
Urdu 	اولڈ فارسٹ روڈ
Uzbek 	Ески ўрмон йўли (Cyrillic) Eski o'rmon yo'li (Latin)
Venetian 	Strada deła Foresta Vecia
Vietnamese 	Vell Camí Forestal
Welsh 	Hen Ffordd Goedwig
Xhosa 	Endala yehlathi kwendlela
Yiddish 	אַלט פאָרעסט וועג
==References==
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