Sarn Athrad was a stony ford on the river Gelion in East Beleriand.
It was located in the southern part of Thargelion and a little north of the river Ascar of the land of Ossiriand. The Dwarf-Road that ran from the Dwarvish cities in the Blue Mountains all the way to Menegroth in Doriath, crossed the ford.[1]
History[]
The road dates back to the ancient times before the rising of the Sun, and was built by the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains to travel on as they trafficked into Beleriand going to and from their cities and Menegroth, where they worked as metallurgists for the Elves.[2] When the Ñoldor returned to Middle-earth, the Dwarves established a trade relationship with them especially with Caranthir's realm and frequently crossed the ford. Finrod Felagund, the King of Nargothrond who was fond of wandering, crossed the Gelion at the ford on his way to meeting Men for the first time.[3]
The site was best known for being the site where Beren Erchamion and a group of Laiquendi ambushed the Dwarves of Nogrod and destroyed them for their sacking of Menegroth.[4] Sarn Athrad was lost with the sinking of Beleriand at the end of the First Age.
Etymology[]
Sarn Athrad was Sindarin for 'Ford of Stones'.[5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጻርን ዓጥራድ |
| Arabic | سارن أثراد |
| Armenian | Սարն Ատհրադ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Сарн Атрадская бітва |
| Bengali | সার্ন এথ্রাদ |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сарн Атрад |
| Greek | Σαρν Αθραδ |
| Gujarati | ષર્ન આથ્રદ |
| Hebrew | סטרן אתרד |
| Hindi | सर्न अथैड |
| Kannada | ಸರ್ನ್ ಅಥ್ರಾಡ್ |
| Kazakh | Сарн Атһрад (Cyrillic) Sarn Athrad (Latin) |
| Korean | 사른 아트 라드 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Сарн Атhрад |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Сарн Атрад |
| Marathi | सर्न अथ्राद |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Сарн Атрад |
| Nepalese | सार्न एथेदर |
| Pashto | سرن اتاداد |
| Persian | سارن آتراد |
| Russian | Сарн Атрад |
| Serbian | Сарн Атхрад (Cyrillic) Sarn Athrad (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | සර්න් ඇතඩ් |
| Tamil | சார்ன் அத்ராட் |
| Telugu | సర్న్ అత్రాడ్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сарн Аттрад |
| Urdu | سآرن اتراڈ |
| Yiddish | תאַרן ײַטהראַד |
| Fords of Middle-earth |
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Arossiach | Brithiach | Budge ford | Ethring | Entwade | Bruinen | Isen | Old Ford | Sarn Athrad | Sarn Ford | Tharbad |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XVII: "Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXII: "Of the Ruin of Doriath"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Index of Names