Middle-earth, where his famous stories take place ... the root -lant meant “fall.” In 1936, he built on this root, turning it into a verb— atalantië—which meant “slipping, sliding ...

Titled The Nature of Middle-earth, it is beautifully and expertly ... king of the Valar, avoided falling as Melkor did. Who then can say with assurance that if Melkor had been held in bond less ...