- "Do you not know, Boromir, or do you choose to forget the North Stair, and the high seat upon Amon Hen, that were made in the days of the great kings?"
- —Aragorn, to Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring
The North Stair was a stairway situated alongside the Falls of Rauros.
Description and history
The stair was built "in the days of the great kings" of Men, likely in the early Third Age under the direction of the Kings of Gondor. It was used as a means to bypass the Falls of Rauros traveling along the Anduin, either to or from Nen Hithoel and the lands surrounding.[1]
In the year TA 3019, prior to the Fellowship of the Ring's attempt to navigate the Rapids of Sarn Gebir, Aragorn reminded Boromir of the Stair's significance while discussing which route should be taken. The Fellowship was broken shortly afterwards, however, and this path was not used.[2]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Noordelike trap |
| Albanian | Shkallë e Veriut |
| Amharic | ሰሜናዊ ደረጃ |
| Arabic | درج الشمال |
| Armenian | Հյուսիսային սանդուղք |
| Azerbaijani | Şimal pilləkən |
| Basque | Iparraldeko eskailera |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Паўночная лесвіца |
| Bengali | উত্তর সিঁড়ি |
| Bosnian | Sjeverna stepenica |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Северно стълбище |
| Cambodian | ជណ្តើរខាងជើង |
| Catalan | Escala Nord |
| Cebuano | Amihanang hagdanan |
| Chinese | 北楼梯 |
| Corsican | Scala Nordu |
| Croatian | Sjeverna stepenište |
| Czech | Severní schodiště |
| Danish | Nordtrappe |
| Dutch | Noordelijke trap |
| Estonian | Põhja stairi |
| Faroese | Norðurtrappa |
| Filipino | Hilagang hagdanan |
| Finnish | Pohjoisportaat |
| French | Escalier Nord |
| Galician | Escaleira do Norte |
| Georgian | ჩრდილოეთის კიბე |
| German | Nordtreppe |
| Greek | Βόρεια σκάλα |
| Gujarati | ઉત્તરીય સીડી |
| Hausa | Matakalar arewa |
| Hebrew | מדרגות צפון |
| Hindi | उत्तरी सीढ़ी |
| Hungarian | Északi lépcső |
| Icelandic | Norðurstigi |
| Indonesian | Tangga utara |
| Irish Gaelic | An Staighre Thuaidh |
| Italian | Scala Settentrionale |
| Japanese | 北階段 |
| Javanese | Lor Undhak-undhakan |
| Kannada | ಉತ್ತರ ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲು |
| Kazakh | Солтүстік баспалдақ (Cyrillic) Soltüstik baspaldaq (Latin) |
| Korean | 북쪽 계단 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Түндүк тепкич |
| Laotian | ຂັ້ນໄດ ເໜືອ |
| Latvian | Ziemeļu kāpnes |
| Lithuanian | Šiaurės laiptai |
| Luxembourgish | Nordenstrooss |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Северна скалила |
| Malagasy | Tohatra avaratra |
| Malaysian | Tangga utara |
| Maltese | It-taraġ tat-Tramuntana |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хойд шат |
| Nepalese | उत्तरी सीढी |
| Norwegian | Nordtrapp |
| Occitan | Eschalier Nòrd |
| Odia | ଉତ୍ତର ପାହାଚ |
| Pashto | شمالي زينه |
| Persian | پله شمالی |
| Polish | Północne Schody |
| Portuguese | Escadaria Norte |
| Punjabi | ਉੱਤਰੀ ਪੌੜੀ |
| Romanian | Scara de Nord |
| Russian | Северная лестница |
| Scottish Gaelic | An Staidhre a Tuath |
| Serbian | Северни степеник (Cyrillic) Severni stepenik (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Scala Nordu |
| Sindhi | اترئين ڏاڪڻ |
| Sinhalese | උතුරු පඩිපෙල |
| Slovak | Severné schodisko |
| Slovenian | Severno stopnišče |
| Somalian | Jaranjarooyinka waqooyiga |
| Spanish | Escalera Norte |
| Sundanese | Tangga kalér |
| Swahili | Ngazi ya kaskazini |
| Swedish | Norra trappuppgången |
| Tajik Cyrillic | зинапояи шимолӣ |
| Tamil | வடக்கு படிக்கட்டு |
| Tatar | Төньяк баскыч |
| Telugu | ఉత్తర మెట్ల |
| Thai | บันไดเหนือ |
| Turkish | Kuzey Merdiveni |
| Turkmen | Demirgazyk basgançak |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Північна сходи |
| Urdu | شمالی سیڑھیاں |
| Uzbek | Чимолий нарвон (Cyrillic) Shimoliy narvon (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Bắc Cầu thang |
| Welsh | Grisiau Gogleddol |
| Yiddish | צפון טרעפּל |
| Yoruba | Àtẹ̀gùn àríwá |
References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. IX: "The Great River"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. X: "The Breaking of the Fellowship"