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The Old Forest Road, also known as the Men-i-Naugrim or simply Forest Road, was the remnant of the Dwarf road that originally ran from Khazad-dûm to the Iron Hills. Starting at Khazad-dûm, the road went north, passing over a causeway in the Gladden Fields and then turned east where a bridge crossed the Anduin river at the Old Ford. Passing through Greenwood the Great, the road crossed another bridge over the River Running and turned northeast to the Iron Hills.

The surviving section through Mirkwood was around three hundred miles in length.[1][2][3]

History[]

It was laid out during the First Age to connect the Dwarves of the Iron Hills with their kin in the Misty Mountains. The road was completed early in the Second Age and saw its greatest use in that time due to the increase of Khazad-dûm's population with refugees from the Blue Mountains.

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, with the result that by the end of the Third Age large stretches of the road had fallen out of use and did not appear on maps.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Ou Bos Pad
Albanian Rruga e vjetër pyjore
Amharic የድሮው የደን መንገድ
Arabic طريق الغابة القديم
Armenian Հին անտառային ճանապարհ
Assamese পুৰণি বন পথ
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
Galician Estrada de bosque antigo
Georgian ძველი ტყის გზა
German Alte Waldstraße
Greek Παλιός δασικός δρόμος
Gujarati જૂનો ફોરેસ્ટ રોડ
Hebrew דרך היער העתיקה
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
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 Старая лесная дорога
Samoan Tuai Vaomatua Auala
Scottish Gaelic Seann Rathad coille
Serbian Стари шумски пут (Cyrillic) Stari šumski put (Latin)
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)
Vietnamese Vell Camí Forestal
Welsh Hen Ffordd Goedwig
Xhosa Endala yehlathi kwendlela
Yiddish אַלט פאָרעסט וועג

References[]

  1. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Wilderland"
  3. The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The Misty Mountains"
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