The Glanhír, also called the Mering Stream, was a river that marked the border between the kingdoms of Rohan and Gondor. Gondor's province of Anórien lay on the eastern side of the Glanhír, while the Eastfold region of Rohan lay on the western side.[1]
The stream rose from a cleft in a northward spur of the White Mountains before flowing through the Firien Wood, which grew about the Beacon-hill Halifirien,[2] and then northward to the plains, joining with the Entwash and forming impassable marshes.[1][3]
Etymology[]
Glanhír is a Sindarin name meaning "Boundary-stream"[4] or "boundary stream".[5] It is possible that the name is derived from the elements glan(n) ("boundary")[6] and a lenited variant of sîr ("river, stream").[7]
Mering in "Mering Stream" is an Old English variant of māere or mēre ("boundary”).[8]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Mering Stroom |
| Albanian | Mering Lumë |
| Amharic | መሪንግ ዥረት |
| Arabic | ميرينغ ستريم |
| Armenian | Մերինգ հոսանք |
| Azerbaijani | Mering Axın |
| Basque | Mering Erreka |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Мерынг паток |
| Bengali | মেরিঙ প্রবাহ |
| Bosnian | Mering Tok |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Меринг поток |
| Catalan | Corrent Mering |
| Cebuano | Mering Sapa |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 摩林溪 |
| Cornish | Mering Gover |
| Croatian | Mering Potok |
| Czech | Mering Proud |
| Danish | Mering Å |
| Dutch | Mering Stroom |
| Esperanto | Mering Rivereto |
| Estonian | Mering Oja |
| Filipino | Mering Batis |
| Finnish | Mering puro |
| French | Flux de Mering |
| Galician | Fluxo de Mering |
| Georgian | მერინგ ნაკადი |
| German | Mering Strom |
| Greek | Μερινγ ρεύμα |
| Gujarati | મેરિઙ પ્રવાહ |
| Haitian Creole | Mering Kouran |
| Hausa | Mering Rafi |
| Hawaiian | Mering kahawai o |
| Hebrew | נחל מרינג |
| Hindi | मेरिंग स्ट्रीम |
| Hmong | Mering Kwj |
| Hungarian | Határ-folyam |
| Icelandic | Mering Straum |
| Indonesian | Mering Aliran |
| Irish Gaelic | Mering Sruth |
| Italian | Rivo di Confine |
| Japanese | メリング川 |
| Kannada | ಮೆರಿಂಗ್ ಸ್ಟ್ರೀಮ್ |
| Kazakh | Мерінг ағыны (Cyrillic) Mering ağını (Latin) |
| Korean | 메 링 스트림 |
| Kurdish | Mering Herrok (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Мэринг агымы |
| Japanese | メリング川 |
| Latin | Mering Torrens |
| Latvian | Mering Straume |
| Lithuanian | Meringa Srautas |
| Luxembourgish | Mering Baach |
| Malagasy | Mering Renirano |
| Malaysian | Mering Aliran |
| Malayalam | മ്മെരിങ് സ്ട്രീം |
| Maltese | Nixxiegħa Mering |
| Maori | Mering Awa |
| Marathi | मेरिङ्ग प्रवाह |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Меринг урсгал |
| Nepalese | मेरिङ स्ट्रिम |
| Norwegian | Mering Strøm |
| Persian | مهرینگ جریان |
| Polish | Mering Strumienia |
| Portuguese | Fluxo de Mering |
| Punjabi | ਮ੍ਰਿਨ੍ਗ ਸਟਰੀਮ |
| Romanian | Mering Curent |
| Russian | Меринг поток |
| Samoan | Mering Tafe |
| Scottish Gaelic | Mering Sruth |
| Shona | Mering Chikova |
| Slovak | Mering Prúd |
| Slovenian | Mering Tok |
| Sundanese | Mering walungan leutik |
| Swahili | Mering Mkondo |
| Swedish | Mering Ström |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Меринг Маҷрои |
| Telugu | మేరింగ్ స్ట్రీమ్ |
| Turkish | Mering Çayı |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Меринг потік |
| Urdu | مارانگ اسٹریم |
| Uzbek | Меринг оқим (Cyrillic) Mering oqim (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Mering Dòng |
| Welsh | Mering Ffrwd |
| Yiddish | מערינג סטרים |
| Yucatec Maya | Sáasilo' u Mering |
| Rivers | |
|---|---|
| Númenor | |
| Númenor | Nunduinë • Siril |
| Middle-earth | |
| Eriador | Glanduin • Gwathló • Hoarwell • Lune • Sirannon • Withywindle |
| Rhovanion | Anduin • Celebrant • Forest River • Gladden • Greylin • Langwell • Limlight • Nimrodel • Redwater • River Running |
| Gondor | Anduin • Ciril • Erui • Gilrain • Harnen • Lefnui • Glanhír • Morgulduin • Morthond • Poros • Ringló • Serni |
| Rohan | Adorn • Entwash • Isen • Glanhír • Snowbourn |
| The Shire | Brandywine River • Shire-water • Shirebourn |
| Ossiriand | Gelion • Adurant • Ascar • Brilthor • Duilwen • Greater Gelion • Legolin • Little Gelion • Thalos |
| Tributaries to Sirion | Aros • Dry River • Esgalduin • Mindeb • Narog • Rivil • Taeglin |
| Other rivers | Brithon • Celebros • Celon • Malduin • Nenning • Ringwil • Sirion |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: The Definitive Guide to the World of J.R.R. Tolkien
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, The Third Phase, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", (iii) Cirion and Eorl, pg. 301
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Index
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, The Third Phase, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", Notes, pg. 318 (note 46)
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 42, The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, pg. 8
- ↑ "Glanhîr" on eldamo.org
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings", pg. 773 (entry "Mering Stream")