Grey Mountains (north)

The Grey Mountains, or the Ered Mithrin, was a large mountain range in Middle-earth located to the north of Rhovanion and south of Forodwaith.
== History ==
The Grey Mountains were originally part of the Iron Mountains, the ancient mountain range in the north of Middle-earth, making them one of the oldest mountain ranges in Arda.
The mountains were mostly unaffected during the events of the First Age. At its future western end lay Mount Gundabad, where Durin I awoke.
After the War of Wrath, the Iron Mountains were broken, leaving the Grey Mountains as a separate range and a "northern spur" of the newer Misty Mountains.
In the year TA 2210 the mountains were settled by the Dwarves, led by King Thorin I. The mountains were rich in gold and unexplored, however after three hundred years Dragons began to trouble the Dwarves, killing Dáin I in TA 2589. His sons Thrór and Grór then abandoned the Grey Mountains, fleeing to Erebor and the Iron Hills.
== Geography ==
The Grey Mountains were the last remnants of the wall of the Iron Mountains, which once stretched all over the north of Middle-earth, but were broken at the end of the First Age after the War of Wrath.
North of the mountains lay Forodwaith, a region of great cold known as Dor-na-Daerachas in the First Age and earlier. South of the mountains lay Rhovanion and Dale.
On the western end of the mountains, across a gap, lay Mount Gundabad, the end of the Misty Mountains. Halfway through its length, the mountains split, and the valley between them was known as the Withered Heath.
The stretch of mountains west of the Misty Mountains which still formed one range with the Grey Mountains was known as the Mountains of Angmar, another remnant of the Iron Mountains.
From east to west the mountains stretched some 350 Númenórean Miles. In its western end in Éothéod, the Forest River and the River Greylin arose.
== Inhabitants ==
The Dwarves of Durin's Folk considered the Ered Mithrin as part of their land as far back as the reign of Durin I. Because of constant attack by both Orcs of Morgoth and possibly Dragons, they were not heavily explored or settled until the Third Age.
By the end of the Third Age all Dwarven strongholds had been abandoned or raided by dragons, and the Grey Mountains served only to divide Forodwaith from Wilderland. Durin's Folk possibly reclaimed their halls in the Grey Mountains during the Fourth Age due to the dwindling of the Orcs and Dragons.
== Etymology ==
The Grey Mountains are also known as Ered Mithrin in Sindarin; from ered (mountains) + mithrin (grey).
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Grys Berge
Albanian 	Malet gri
Amharic 	ግራጫ ተራሮች
Arabic 	الجبال رمادية
Basque 	Mendiak Grisa
Belarusian 	Шэрыя Гарах (Cyrillic) Šeryja Harach (Latin)
Bengali 	গ্রে পর্বতমালা
Bosnian 	Planine Sive
Bulgarian 	Сивите Планини (Cyrillic) Sivite Planini (Latin)
Cambodian 	ប្រផេះភ្នំ
Catalan 	Muntanyes Grises
Chichewa 	Imvi Mapiri
Chinese (Hong Kong) 	灰色山脈 A.K.A. 伊瑞德米斯林
Croatian 	Planine Sive
Czech 	Hory Šedá
Danish 	Gråbjergene
Esperanto 	Griza montoj
Estonian 	Hallmäed
Faroese 	Gráurfjøll
French 	Montagnes Grises
Frisian 	Grize Bergen
Dutch 	Grijze Bergen
Galician 	Montañas Grises
Georgian 	რუხი მთები
German 	Graue Berge / Graues Gebirge
Greek 	Γκρι Βουνά
Hawaiian 	Oho Mauna
Icelandic 	Grá Fjöll
Indonesian 	Gunung-gunung abu-abu
Italian 	Montagne Grigie
Irish Gaelic 	Sléibhte Liath
Japanese 	灰色山脈
Javanese 	Gunung klawu
Haitian Creole 	Gri mòn yo
Hebrew 	הרי גריי
Hindi 	ग्रे पर्वत
Hungarian 	Szürke-hegység
Kannada 	ಗ್ರೇ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು
Kazakh 	Сұр таулар (Cyrillic) Sur tawlar (Latin)
Korean 	회색 산맥
Kurdish 	Çiyayên Gewr (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	боз тоолор
Latvian 	Pelēks Kalni
Lithuanian 	Pilkuosius kalnus
Luxembourgish 	Groen Bierger
Macedonian Cyrillic 	Греј Планини
Maltese 	Muntanji griża
Malagasy 	Grey Tendrombohitra
Malaysian 	Kelabu Pergunungan
Marathi 	ग्रे पर्वत
Mongolian Cyrillic 	саарал уулс
Nepalese 	ग्रे पर्वत
Norwegian 	Gråfjellene
Old English 	Beorgas Grǣg
Pashto 	خړ غرونه
Persian 	(Grey Mountains) کوه های خاکستری
(Ered Mithrin) سرزمین‌میانه
Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal) 	Montanhas Cinzentas
Polish 	Szare Góry
Punjabi 	ਗ੍ਰੇ ਪਹਾੜ
Romanian 	Munții Gri
Russian 	Серые горы
Scottish Gaelic 	Glas Beanntan
Serbian 	Сиве планине (Cyrillic) Sive planine (Latin)
Shona 	Gireyi Makomo
Sindhi 	ڀورو جبل
Sinhalese 	අළු කඳු
Slovak 	Hory Sivá
Slovenian 	Gore Sive
Somalian 	Buuraha Cirro
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Montañas Grises
Swedish 	Grå bergen
Tagalog 	Abo Bundok
Tamil 	சாம்பல் மலைகள்
Tatar 	Соры Таулар
Telugu 	గ్రే పర్వతాలు
Thai 	เทือกเขาสีเทา
Turkish 	Gri Dağlar
Turkmen 	Çal Daglar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Сірих горах
Urdu 	گرے پہاڑوں
Uyghur 	كۈلرەڭ تاغلار
Uzbek 	Кулранг Тоғлар (Cyrillic) Kulrang Tog'lar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Dãy núi xám
Welsh 	Mynyddoedd llwyd
Xhosa 	Iintaba ezingwevu
Yiddish 	גריי בערג
==References==
ca:Muntanyes Grises
de:Ered Mithrin
es:Montañas Grises
fr:Montagnes Grises
it:Monti Grigi
nl:Grijze Bergen
pl:Szare Góry
ru:Серые горы
Category:Dwarven kingdoms
Category:Mountain ranges
Category:Far North