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INDEX OF NAMES
Since the number of names in the book is very large, this index provides, in addition to page-references, a short statement concerning each person and place. These statements are not epitomes of all that is said in the text, and for most of the central figures in the narrative are kept extremely brief; but such an index is inevitably bulky, and I have reduced its size in various ways.
The chief of these concerns the fact that very often the English translation of an Elvish name is also used as the name independently; thus for example the dwelling of King Thingol is called both Menegroth and 'The Thousand Caves' (and also both together). In most such cases I have combined the Elvish name and its translated meaning under one entry, with the result that the page-references are not restricted to the name that appears as the heading (e.g., those under Echoriath include those to 'Encircling Mountains'). The English renderings are given separate headings, but only with a simple direction to the main entry, and only if they occur independently. Words in inverted commas are translations; many of these occur in the text (as Tol Eressëa 'the Lonely Isle'), but I have added a great many others. Information about some names that are not translated is contained in the Appendix.
With the many titles and formal expressions in English whose Elvish originals are not given, such as 'the Elder King' and 'the Two Kindreds', I have been selective, but the great majority are registered. The references are in intention complete (and sometimes include pages where the subject of the entry occurs but is not actually mentioned by name) except in a very few cases where the name occurs very frequently indeed, as Beleriand, Valar. Here the word passim is used, but selected references are given to important passages; and in the entries for some of the Noldorin princes the many occurrences of the name that relate only to their sons or their houses have been eliminated.
References to The Lord of the Rings are by title of the volume, book, and chapter.

Adanedhel        'Elf-Man', name given to Túrin in Nargothrond. 258
Adunakhôr        'Lord of the West', name taken by the nineteenth King of Númenor, the first to do so in the Adûnaic (Númenórean) tongue; his name in Quenya was Herunúmen. 330
Adurant                The sixth and most southerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. The name means 'double stream', referring to its divided course about the island of Tol Galen. 147, 229, 290
Aeglos                'Snow-point', the spear of Gil-galad. 364
Aegnor                The fourth son of Finarfin, who with his brother Angrod held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. The name means 'Fell Fire', 64,94, 141, 180-82
Aelin-uial        'Meres of Twilight', where Aros flowed into Sirion. 133,145, 203, 267, 285
Aerandir        'Sea-wanderer', one of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyages. 307
Aerin                A kinswoman of Húrin in Dor-lómin; taken as wife by Brodda the Easterling; aided Morwen after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 243, 264
Aftercomers        The Younger Children of Ilúvatar, Men; translation of Hildor, 92-3, 114
Agarwaen        'Blood-stained', name given to himself by Túrin when he came to Nargothrond. 257
Aglarond        'The Glittering Cavern' of Helm's Deep in Ered Nimrais (see The Two Towers III 8). 361
Aglon                'The Narrow Pass', between Dorthonion and the heights to the west of Himring. 147, 161, 183-4
Ainulindalë        'The Music of the Ainur', also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song. 3-9, 18, 21, 37-8, 43-4, 50, 74, 121, 251. Also the name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by Rúmil of Tirion in the Elder Days. 82
Ainur                'The Holy Ones' (singular Ainu)', the first beings created by Ilúvatar, the 'order' of the Valar and Maiar, made before Eä. 3-9, 18, 21, 41, 44, 58, 121, 251, 288
Akallabêth         'The Downfallen', Adûnaic (Númenórean) word equivalent in meaning to Quenya Atalantë. 347 Also the title of the account of the Downfall of Númenor. 359,360
Alcarinquë        'The Glorious', name of a star. 48
Alcarondas        The great ship of Ar-Pharazôn in which he sailed to Aman. 343
Aldaron                'Lord of Trees', a Quenya name of the Vala Oromë; cf. Tauron. 22
Aldudénië        'Lament for the Two Trees', made by a Vanyarin Elf named Elemmírë. 84
Almaren        The first abode of the Valar in Arda, before the second onslaught of Melkor: an isle in a great lake in the midst of Middle-earth. 30-1, 117
Alqualondë        'Haven of the Swans', the chief city and haven of the Teleri on the shores of Aman. 63-5, 79, 97, 100, 120, 130, 154, 188, 309, 311
Aman                'Blessed, free from evil', the name of the land in the West, beyond the Great Sea, in which the Valar dwelt after they had left the Isle of Almaren. Often referred to as the Blessed Realm. Passim; see especially 32, 66, 326
Amandil        'Lover of Aman'; the last lord of Andúnië in Númenor, descendant of Elros and father of Elendil; set out on a voyage to Valinor and did not return. 335-7, 340-1, 346, 362
Amarië                Vanyarin Elf, beloved of Finrod Felagund, who remained in Valinor. 155
Amlach                Son of Imlach son of Marach; a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad who, repenting, took service with Maedhros. 173-4
Amon Amarth        'Mount Doom', the name given to Orodruin when its fires awoke again after Sauron's return from Númenor. 363, 377
Amon Ereb        'The Lonely Hill' (also simply Ereb), between Ramdal and the river Gelion in East Beleriand. 110, 146, 184
Amon Ethir        'The Hill of Spies', raised by Finrod Felagund to the east of the doors of Nargothrond. 267-8
Amon Gwareth        The hill upon which Gondolin was built, in the midst of the plain of Tumladen. 151, 163, 296, 299
Amon Obel        A hill in the midst of the Forest of Brethil, on which was built Ephel Brandir. 249, 266, 270
Amon Rûdh        'The Bald Hill', a lonely height in the lands south of Brethil; abode of Mîm, and lair of Túrin's outlaw band. 246-52, 284
Amon Sûl         'Hill of the Wind', in the Kingdom of Arnor ('Weathertop' in The Lord of the Rings). 362
Amon Uilos        Sindarin name of Oiolossë. 32
Amras                Twin-brother of Amrod, youngest of the sons of Fëanor; slain with Amrod in the attack on Eärendil's people at the Mouths of Sirion. 63, 93, 148, 170, 184, 305
Amrod                See Amras.
Anach                Pass leading down from Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion) at the western end of Ered Gorgoroth. 245-6, 251-2, 299
Anadûnë        'Westernesse': name of Númenor in the Adûnaic (Númenórean) tongue (see Númenor). 322
Anar                Quenya name of the Sun. 114-6
Anárion                Younger son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Isildur escaped from the Drowning of Númenor and founded in Middle-earth the Númenórean realms in exile; lord of Minas Anor; slain in the siege of Barad-dûr. 336, 346, 360-8
Anarríma        Name of a constellation. 48
Ancalagon        Greatest of the winged dragons of Morgoth, destroyed by Eärendil. 312
Andor                'The Land of Gift': Númenor. 321, 345, 347
Andram                'The Long Wall', name of the dividing fall running across Beleriand. 109, 146
Androth                Caves in the bills of Mithrim where Tuor was fostered by the Grey-elves. 294
Anduin                'The Long River', east of the Misty Mountains; referred to also as the Great River and the River. 55,107, 329, 360-1, 364, 366, 369, 374-5
Andúnië        City and haven on the west coast of Númenor. 322, 331-2, 335. For the Lords of Andúnië see 331
Anfauglir        A name of the wolf Carcharoth, translated in the text as 'Jaws of Thirst'. 218
Anfauglith        Name of the plain of Ard-galen after its desolation by Morgoth in the Battle of Sudden Flame; translated in the text as 'the Gasping Dust'. Cf. Dor-nu-Fauglith. 181, 194, 215, 232-4, 241, 254-5, 261, 280, 311
Angainor        The chain wrought by Aulë with which Melkor was twice bound. 52, 312
Angband        'Iron Prison, Hell of Iron', the great dungeon-fortress of Morgoth in the Northwest of Middle-earth. Passim; see especially 47, 90, 109, 139, 217. The Siege of Angband 36, 139-40, 144, 148, 158, 182, 192, 202
Anghabar        'Iron-delvings', a mine in the Encircling Mountains about the plain of Gondolin. 166
Anglachel        The sword made from meteoric iron that Thingol received from Eöl and which he gave to Beleg; after its reforging for Túrin named Gurthang. 247, 253-57
Angrenost        'Iron Fortress', Númenórean fortress on the west borders of Gondor, afterwards inhabited by the wizard Curunír (Saruman); see Isengard. 361
Angrim                Father of Gorlim the Unhappy. 195
Angrist                'Iron-cleaver', the knife made by Telchar of Nogrod, taken from Curufin by Beren and used by him to cut the Silmaril from Morgoth's crown. 215, 219
Angrod                The third son of Finarfin, who with his brother Aegnor held the northern slopes of Dorthonion; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. 64, 94, 130-1, 141, 154, 180-2, 260
Anguirel                Eöl's sword, made of the same metal as Anglachel. 247
Annael                Grey-elf of Mithrim, fosterfather of Tuor. 294
Annatar                'Lord of Gifts', name given to himself by Sauron in the Second Age, in that time when he appeared in a fair form among the Eldar who remained in Middle-earth. 355
Annon-in-Gelydh        'Gate of the Noldor', entrance to a subterranean watercourse in the western hills of Dor-lómin, leading to Cirith Ninniach. 294
Annúminas         'Tower of the West' (i.e. of Westernesse, Númenor); city of the Kings of Arnor beside Lake Nenuial. 360, 362, 367
Anor                See Minas Anor.
Apanónar        'The Afterborn', an Elvish name for Men. 119
Aradan                Sindarin name of Malach, son of Marach. 172, 177
Aragorn        The thirty-ninth Heir of Isildur in the direct line; King of the reunited realms of Arnor and Gondor after the War of the Ring; wedded Arwen, daughter of Elrond. 377. Called the Heir of Isildur 377
Araman                Barren wasteland on the coast of Aman, between the Pelóri and the Sea, extending northward to the Helcaraxë. 79, 88, 97,101, 116-7,123, 129, 297
Aranel                Name of Dior Thingol's Heir. 229
Aranrúth        'King's Ire', the name of Thingol's sword. Aranrúth survived the ruin of Doriath and was possessed by the Kings of Númenor. 247
Aranwë                Elf of Gondolin, father of Voronwë. 295
Aratan                Second son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
Aratar                'The Exalted', the eight Valar of greatest power. 23
Arathorn        Father of Aragorn. 377
Arda                'The Realm', name of the Earth as the Kingdom of Manwë. Passim; see especially 8, 12
Ard-galen        The great grassy plain north of Dorthonion, called after its desolation Anfauglith and Dor-nu-Fauglith. The name means 'the Green Region'; cf. Calenardhon (Rohan). 124, 135-6, 144, 181
Aredhel                'Noble Elf', the sister of Turgon of Gondolin, who was ensnared by Eöl in Nan Elmoth and bore to him Maeglin; called also Ar-Feiniel, the White Lady of the Noldor, the White Lady of Gondolin. 64, 156-65, 247
Ar-Feiniel        See Aredhel.
Ar-Gimilzôr        Twenty-second King of Númenor, persecutor of the Elendili. 331-2
Argonath        'King-stones', the Pillars of the Kings, great carvings of Isildur and Anárion on the Anduin at the entrance to the northern bounds of Gondor (see The Fellowship of the Ring II 9). 361, 369
Arien                A Maia, chosen by the Valar to guide the vessel of the Sun. 114-7
Armenelos        City of the Kings in Númenor. 322, 324, 333-7, 361
Arminas        See Gelmir (2).
Arnor                'Land of the King', the northern realm of the Númenóreans in Middle-earth, established by Elendil after his escape from the Drowning of Númenor. 361-2, 377
Aros                The southern river of Doriath. 109, 131, 145, 147-8, 157, 158, 176, 287-9
Arossiach        The Fords of Aros, near the north-eastern edge of Doriath. 145, 158, 162
Ar-Pharazôn        'The Golden', twenty-fourth and last King of Númenor; named in Quenya Tar-Calion; captor of Sauron, by whom he was seduced; commander of the great fleet that went against Aman. 333-47
Ar-Sakalthôr        Father of Ar-Gimilzôr. 331
Arthad                One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Arvernien        The coastlands of Middle-earth west of Sirion's mouths. Cf. Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'Eärendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien…' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1). 302
Ar-Zimraphel        See Míriel (2).
Ascar                The most northerly of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand (afterwards called Rathlóriel). The name means 'rushing, impetuous'. 104, 146-8, 167, 174, 291
Astaldo                'The Valiant', name of the Vala Tulkas. 22
Atalantë        'The Downfallen'. Quenya word equivalent in meaning to Akallabêth, 347
Atanamir        See Tar-Atanamir.
Atanatári        'Fathers of Men'; see Atani. 120, 232
Atani                'The Second People', Men (singular Atan). For the origin of the name see 171; since in Beleriand for a long time the only Men known to the Noldor and Sindar were those of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends, this name (in the Sindarin form Adan, plural Edain) became specially associated with them, so that it was seldom applied to other Men who came later to Beleriand, or who were reported to be dwelling beyond the Mountains. But in the speech of Ilúvatar (41) the meaning is 'Men (in general)'. 38, 119, 171; Edain, 171-2, 176-9, 189-90, 238, 241, 292, 319-21, 347
Aulë                A Vala, one of the Aratar, the smith and master of crafts, spouse of Yavanna; see especially 20, 23, and for his making of the Dwarves 40 ff., 8-9, 18, 20, 23-4, 26, 30, 35, 37, 40-5, 51, 54, 62, 65, 69, 75, 87, 95, 104, 113, 321
Avallónë        Haven and city of the Eldar on Tol Eressëa, so named, according to the Akallabêth, 'for it is of all cities the nearest to Valinor'. 320, 325, 332, 344, 348-9, 362, 368
Avari                'The Unwilling, the Refusers', the name given to all those Elves who refused to join the westward march from Cuiviénen. See Eldar and Dark Elves. 53, 107, 113,355
Avathar                'The Shadows', the forsaken land on the coast of Aman south of the Bay of Eldamar, between the Pelóri and the Sea, where Melkor met Ungoliant 80-1, 88,116
Azaghâl                Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost; wounded Glaurung in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was killed by him. 236
Balan                The name of Bëor the Old before he took service with Finrod. 170
Balar                The great bay to the south of Beleriand into which the river Sirion flowed. 52, 56, 59, 60, 142. Also the isle in the bay, said to have been the eastern horn of Tol Eressëa that broke away, where Círdan and Gil-galad dwelt after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 59, 105, 144, 192, 239, 302, 304-5
Balrog                'Demon of Might', Sindarin form (Quenya Valarauko) of the name of the demons of fire that served Morgoth. 26, 46, 90, 125, 144, 182, 202, 235, 300-1
Barad-dûr        'The Dark Tower' of Sauron in Mordor. 329, 334, 347, 363, 365, 375, 377
Barad Eithel        'Tower of the Well', the fortress of the Noldor at Eithel Sirion. 233
Barad Nimras        'White Horn Tower', raised by Finrod Felagund on the cape west of Eglarest, 142, 239
Baragund        Father of Morwen the wife of Húrin; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242, 311
Barahir                Father of Beren; rescued Finrod Felagund in the Dagor Bragollach, and received from him his ring; slain on Dorthonion. For the later history of the ring of Barahir, which became an heirloom of the House of Isildur, see The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (I, iii). 121, 177, 182-3, 186-7, 194-7, 201-5, 226, 229, 243. 285, 311
Baran                Elder son of Bëor the Old. 170-1
Baranduin        'The Brown River' in Eriador, flowing into the Sea south of the Blue Mountains; the Brandywine of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. 360
Bar-en-Danwedh        'House of Ransom', the name that Mîm the Dwarf gave to his dwelling on Amon Rûdh when he yielded it to Túrin. 248, 252
Battles of Beleriand        The first battle: 96. The second battle (the Battle-under-Stars): see Dagor-nuin-Giliath. The third battle (the Glorious Battle): see Dagor Aglareb. The fourth battle (the Battle of Sudden Flame): see Dagor Bragollach. The fifth battle (Unnumbered Tears): see Nirnaeth Arnoediad. The Great Battle: 311-2
Bauglir                A name of Morgoth: 'the Constrainer'. 120, 243, 259, 286, 315
Beleg                A great archer and chief of the marchwardens of Doriath; called Cúthalion 'Strongbow'; friend and companion of Túrin, by whom he was slain. 190, 225-6, 230, 243-8, 251-7, 278
Belegaer        'The Great Sea' of the West, between Middle-earth and Aman. Named Belegaer 32, 100, 295; but very frequently called the (Great) Sea, also the Western Sea and the Great Water.
Belegost        'Great Fortress', one of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Gabilgathol. See Mickleburg. 104, 107, 132, 158, 231, 236, 250, 285, 288
Belegund        Father of Rían the wife of Huor; nephew of Barahir and one of his twelve companions on Dorthonion. 177, 187, 194, 242
Beleriand        The name was said to have signified 'the country of Balar', and to have been given at first to the lands about the mouths of Sirion that faced the Isle of Balar. Later the name spread to include all the ancient coast of the Northwest of Middle-earth south of the Firth of Drengist, and all the inner lands south of Hithlum and eastwards to the feet of the Blue Mountains, divided by the river Sirion into East and West Beleriand. Beleriand was broken in the turmoils at the end of the First Age, and invaded by the sea, so that only Ossiriand (Lindon) remained. Passim; see especially 142-8, 313, 354-5
Belfalas                Region on the southern coast of Gondor looking on to the great bay of the same name; Bay of Belfalas 361
Belthil                'Divine radiance', the image of Telperion made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151
Belthronding        The bow of Beleg Cúthalion, which was buried with him. 256
Bëor                Called the Old; leader of the first Men to enter Beleriand; vassal of Finrod Felagund; progenitor of the House of Bëor (called also the Eldest House of Men and the First House of the Edain); see Balan. 167-72, 177-80, 204. House of, People of, Bëor 172-4, 177, 183, 189-90, 194
Bereg                Grandson of Baran son of Bëor the Old (this is not stated in the text); a leader of dissension among the Men of Estolad; went back over the mountains into Eriador. 173-4
Beren                Son of Barahir; cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown to be the bride-price of Lúthien Thingol's daughter, and was slain by Carcharoth the wolf of Angband; but returning from the dead, alone of mortal Men, lived afterwards with Lúthien on Tol Galen in Ossiriand, and fought with the Dwarves at Sarn Athrad. Great-grandfather of Elrond and Elros and ancestor of the Númenórean Kings. Called also Camlost, Erchamion, and One-hand. 121, 147, 177, 187, 194-206, 208-30, 242, 258, 285, 290-1, 305
Black Land        See Mordor.
Black Sword        See Mormegil.
Black Years        See 359, 365
Blessed Realm        See Aman.
Blue Mountains        See Ered Luin and Ered Lindon.
Bor                A chieftain of the Easterlings, follower with his three sons of Maedhros and Maglor. 189, 231. Sons of Bor 235
Borlach                One of the three sons of Bor; slain with his brothers in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189
Borlad                One of the three sons of Bor; see Borlach.
Boromir                Great-grandson of Bëor the Old, grandfather of Barahir father of Beren; first lord of Ladros. 177
Boron                Father of Boromir. 177
Borthand        One of the three sons of Bor; see Borlach.
Bragollach        See Dagor Bragollach.
Brandir                Called the Lame; ruler of the People of Haleth after the death of Handir his father; enamoured of Nienor; slain by Túrin. 266, 271-7
Bregolas        Father of Baragund and Belegund; slain in the Dagor Bragollach. 177,182, 187
Bregor                Father of Barahir and Bregolas. 177
Brethil                The forest between the rivers Teiglin and Sirion, dwelling-place of the Haladin (the People of Haleth). 142, 176, 187, 190-2, 214, 231, 234, 238, 246, 249, 251, 260, 266, 269-72, 277-8, 282-3
Bridge of Esgalduin        See Iant Iaur.
Brilthor                'Glittering Torrent', the fourth of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
Brithiach        The ford over Sirion north of the Forest of Brethil. 157, 163, 176, 190, 253, 281, 282
Brithombar        The northern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand. 60, 125, 142, 239, 304
Brithon                The river that flowed into the Great Sea at Brithombar. 239
Brodda                An Easterling in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad who took as wife Aerin, kinswoman of Húrin; slain by Túrin. 243, 264
Cabed-en-Aras        Deep gorge in the river Teiglin, where Túrin slew Glaurung, and where Nienor leapt to her death; see Cabed Naeramarth. 272, 275, 278
Cabed Naeramarth        'Leap of Dreadful Doom', name given to Cabed-en-Aras after Nienor leapt from its cliffs. 276, 282
Calacirya        'Cleft of Light', the pass made in the mountains of the Pelóri, in which was raised the green hill of Túna. 62, 65, 79, 101, 117-8, 307
Calaquendi        'Elves of the Light', those Elves who lived or had lived in Aman (the High Elves). See Moriquendi and Dark Elves, 54, 58, 121, 125
Calenardhon        'The Green Province', name of Rohan when it was the northern part of Gondor; cf. Ard-galen. 369
Camlost                'Empty-handed', name taken by Beren after his return to King Thingol without the Silmaril. 221, 226
Caragdûr        The precipice on the north side of Amon Gwareth (the hill of Gondolin) from which Eöl was cast to his death. 165
Caranthir        The fourth son of Fëanor, called the Dark; 'the harshest of the brothers and the most quick to anger'; ruled in Thargelion; slain in the assault on Doriath. 63, 93, 131-2, 148, 154, 158, 171, 184, 189, 292
Carcharoth        The great wolf of Angband that bit off the hand of Beren bearing the Silmaril; slain by Huan in Doriath. The name is translated in the text as 'the Red Maw'. Called also Anfauglir. 218-20, 223-6
Cardolan        Region in the south of Eriador, a part of the Kingdom of Arnor. 360
Carnil                Name of a (red) star. 48
Celeborn (1)        'Tree of Silver', name of the Tree of Tol Eressëa, a scion of Galathilion. 62, 324
Celeborn (2)        Elf of Doriath, kinsman of Thingol; wedded Galadriel and with her remained in Middle-earth after the end of the First Age. 134-5, 290, 315, 370
Celebrant        'Silver Lode', river running from Mirrormere through Lothlórien to join the Anduin. 370
Celebrimbor        'Hand of Silver', son of Curufin, who remained in Nargothrond when his father was expelled. In the Second Age greatest of the smiths of Eregion; maker of the Three Rings of the Elves; slain by Sauron. 214, 355, 357
Celebrindal        'Silverfoof'; see Idril.
Celebros        'Silver Foam' or 'Silver Rain', a stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings. 270
Celegorm        The third son of Fëanor, called the Fair; until the Dagor Bragollach lord of the region of Himlad with Curufin his brother; dwelt in Nargothrond and imprisoned Lúthien; master of Huan the wolfhound; slain by Dior in Menegroth. 63, 65-6, 93, 124, 147, 157-8, 161, 183, 204-6, 208-9, 213-5, 223, 230, 292, 355
Celon                River flowing southwest from the Hill of Himring, a tributary of Aros. The name means 'stream flowing down from heights'. 109, 148, 158, 161, 170, 176, 188
Children of Ilúvatar        Also Children of Eru: translations of Hini Ilúvataro, Eruhini; the Firstborn and the Followers, Elves and Men. Also The Children, Children of the Earth, Children of the World. Passim; see especially 7-8, 37-8
Círdan                'The Shipwright'; Telerin Elf, lord of the Falas (coasts of West Beleriand); at the destruction of the Havens after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad escaped with Gil-galad to the Isle of Balar; during the Second and Third Ages keeper of the Grey Havens in the Gulf of Lhûn; at the coming of Mithrandir entrusted to him Narya, the Ring of Fire. 60, 103-4, 110, 124, 133, 142, 153, 194, 239-40, 260, 302, 304-5, 315, 366, 370-3, 378
Cirith Ninniach        'Rainbow Cleft', by which Tuor came to the Western Sea; see Annon-in-Gelydh. 294
Cirith Thoronath        'Eagles' Cleft', a high pass in the mountains north of Gondolin, where Glorfindel fought with a Balrog and fell into the abyss. 301
Cirth                The Runes, first devised by Daeron of Doriath. 108
Ciryon                Third son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
Corollaírë        'The Green Mound' of the Two Trees in Valinor; also called Ezellohar. 33
Crissaegrim        The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor. 144, 186, 191, 221, 246, 281
Crossings of Teiglin        In the southwest of the Forest of Brethil, where the old road southward from the Pass of Sirion crossed the Teiglin. 176, 252, 267, 269, 275, 277, 282
Cuiviénen        'Water of Awakening', the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke, and where they were found by Oromë. 48, 50-4, 57, 92, 114, 288
Culúrien        A name of Laurelin. 33
Curufin                The fifth son of Fëanor, called the Crafty; father of Celebrimbor. For the origin of his name see Fëanor; and for his history see Celegorm. 63, 93, 147, 157, 161-2, 183, 204-5, 208-9, 213-5, 222-3, 230,292, 355
Curufinwë        See Fëanor. 67, 75
Curunír                'The one of cunning devices'. Elvish name of Saruman, one of the Istari (Wizards). 372-7
Cúthalion        'Strongbow'; see Beleg.
Daeron                Minstrel and chief loremaster of King Thingol; deviser of the Cirth (Runes); enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her. 108, 133, 200, 208, 222, 314
Dagnir                One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Dagnir Glaurunga        'Glaurung's Bane', Túrin. 177, 278
Dagor Aglareb        'The Glorious Battle', third of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 135-6, 139, 149
Dagor Bragollach        'The Battle of Sudden Flame' (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand. 181, 187, 190, 193, 230, 233, 239, 260
Dagorlad        'Battle Plain', the place of the great battle north of Mordor between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age. 364, 367
Dagor-nuin-Giliath        'The Battle-under-Stars', the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, fought in Mithrim after the coming of Fëanor to Middle-earth. 124
Dairuin                One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Dark Elves        In the language of Aman all Elves that did not cross the Great Sea were Dark Elves (Moriquendi), and the term is sometimes used thus, 121, 131; when Caranthir called Thingol a Dark Elf it was intended opprobriously, and was especially so, since Thingol had been to Aman 'and was not accounted among the Moriquendi' (56). But in the period of the Exile of the Noldor it was often used of the Elves of Middle-earth other than the Noldor and the Sindar, and is then virtually equivalent to Avari (120, 146, 168). Different again is the title Dark Elf of the Sindarin Elf Eöl, 158, 162, 247; but at 164 Turgon no doubt meant that Eöl was of the Moriquendi.
Dark Lord, The        The term is used of Morgoth, 280, and of Sauron, 359, 371, 375
Day of Flight        See 359
Deathless Lands        See Undying Lands.
Deldúwath        One of the later names of Dorthonion (Taur-nu-Fuin), meaning 'Horror of Night-shadow'. 186
Denethor        Son of Lenwë; leader of the Nandorin Elves that came at last over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand; slain on Amon Ereb in the First Battle of Beleriand. 56, 108-9,146
Dimbar                The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb. 144, 157, 191, 214, 246-7, 251-3, 281
Dimrost                The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil; translated in the text as 'the Rainy Stair'. Afterwards called Nen Girith. 270
Dior                Called Aranel, and also Eluchíl 'Thingol's Heir'; son of Beren and Lúthien and father of Elwing, Elrond's mother; came to Doriath from Ossiriand after the death of Thingol, and received the Silmaril after the death of Beren and Lúthien; slain in Menegroth by the sons of Fëanor. 229, 290-3, 297, 302, 305, 310, 314
Dispossessed, The        The House of Fëanor. 99, 130
Del Guldur        'Hill of Sorcery', fastness of the Necromancer (Sauron) in southern Mirkwood in the Third Age. 372-5
Dolmed                'Wet Head' a great mountain in the Ered Luin, near the Dwarf-cities of Nogrod and Belegost 104, 110, 236, 290
Dor Caranthir        'Land of Caranthir'; see Thargelion. 148, 174, 184
Dor-Cúarthol        'Land of Bow and Helm', name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh. 252
Dor Daedeloth        'Land of the Shadow of Horror', the land of Morgoth in the north. 124, 127, 130
Dor Dínen        'The Silent Land', where nothing dwelt, between the upper waters of Esgalduin and Aros. 145
Dor Firn-i-Guinar        'Land of the Dead that Live', name of that region in Ossiriand where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 229, 291
Doriath                'Land of the Pence' (Dor Iath), referring to the Girdle of Melian, earlier called Eglador; the kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin. Also called the Hidden Kingdom. Passim; see especially 111, 144-5
Dorlas                A Man of the Haladin in Brethil; went with Túrin and Hunthor to the attack on Glaurung, but withdrew in fear; slain by Brandir the Lame. 266, 271-2, 276. The wife of Dorlas, not named, 276.
Dor-lómin        Region in the south of Hithlum, the territory of Fingon, given as a fief to the House of Hador; the home of Húrin and Morwen. 101, 140-2, 177, 187, 191-3, 232, 237, 242-4, 251, 257, 260, 263-7, 276-7, 282, 284, 286, 294. The Lady of Dor-lómin: Morwen. 242
Dor-nu-Fauglith        'Land under Choking Ash'; see Anfauglith. 184, 221
Dorthonion        'Land of Pines', the great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards called Taur-nu-Fuin. Cf. Tree-beard's song in The Two Towers III 4: 'To the pine-trees upon the highland of Dorthonion I climbed in the Winter…' 52, 109, 124, 130, 135-7, 141-4, 146-8, 172, 177, 181-4, 186, 194-7, 231
Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin        Heirloom of the House of Hador, worn by Túrin; also called the Helm of Hador. 114, 251, 260, 284
Dragons        235, 300, 312, 320, 358, 371
Draugluin        The great werewolf slain by Huan at Tol-in-Gaurhoth, and in whose form Beren entered Angband. 211, 216-18
Drengist        The long firth that pierced Ered Lómin, the west-fence of Hithlum. 56, 89, 101, 111, 115, 136, 140, 194
Dry River        The river that once flowed out under the Encircling Mountains from the primeval lake where was afterwards Tumladen, the plain of Gondolin. 163, 281
Duilwen        The fifth of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
Dúnedain        'The Edain of the West'; see Númenóreans.
Dungartheb        See Nan Dungortheb.
Durin                Lord of the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm (Moria), 42, 364
Dwarf-road        Road leading down into Beleriand from the cities of Nogrod and Belegost, and crossing Gelion at the ford of Sarn Athrad. 167, 171, 174
Dwarrowdelf        'Delving of the Dwarves': translation of Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104
Dwarves        40-2, 103-7, 132-4, 148, 158-61, 167, 189, 231, 236, 250, 258, 287-91, 354, 357-8, 364, 371. Referring to the Petty-Dwarves: 248-53, 261, 284. Seven Fathers of the Dwarves: 40-2, 104. For the Necklace of the Dwarves see Nauglamír. For the Seven Rings of the Dwarves see Rings of Power. See also Naugrim.
Eä                        The World, the material Universe; Eä, meaning in Elvish 'It is' or 'Let it be', was the word of Ilúvatar when the World began its existence. 10, 17-8, 23, 30, 34, 40, 48-9, 58, 78, 82, 86, 95, 99, 112
Eagles                44-5, 129, 144, 149, 221, 281, 299, 343
Eärendil        Called 'Halfelven', 'the Blessed', 'the Bright', and 'the Mariner'; son of Tuor and Idril Turgon's daughter; escaped from the sack of Gondolin and wedded Elwing daughter of Dior at the Mouths of Sirion; sailed with her to Aman and pleaded for help against Morgoth; set to sail the skies in his ship Vingilot bearing the Silmaril that Beren and Lúthien brought out of Angband. The name means 'Lover of the Sea'. 122, 177, 298-300, 302, 304-9, 312, 315, 319-22, 325, 334, 341, 345, 348, 354. Lay of Eärendil 304, 319
Eärendur (1)        A lord of Andúnië in Númenor. 331
Eärendur (2)        Tenth King of Arnor. 367
Eärnil                Thirty-second King of Gondor. 369
Eärnur                Son of Eärnil; last King of Gondor, in whom the line of Anárion came to its end. 369
Eärrámë        'Sea-wing', the name of Tuor's ship. 303
Eärwen                Daughter of Olwë of Alqualondë, Thingol's brother; wedded Finarfin of the Noldor. From Eärwen Finrod, Orodreth, Angrod, Aegnor and Galadriel had Telerin blood and were therefore allowed entry into Doriath. 63, 130, 154
Easterlings        Also called Swarthy Men; entered Beleriand from the East in the time after the Dagor Bragollach, and fought on both sides in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; given Hithlum as a dwelling-place by Morgoth, where they oppressed the remnant of the People of Hador. 189, 235, 239, 242, 264, 265, 280, 294
Echoing Mountains        See Ered Lómin.
Echoriath        'The Encircling Mountains' about the plain of Gondolin. 135, 166, 191, 281, 297-8
Echtelion        Elf-lord of Gondolin, who in the sack of the city slew and was slain by Gothmog Lord of Balrogs. 125, 237, 296, 300
Edain                See Atani.
Edrahil                Chief of the Elves of Nargothrond who accompanied Finrod and Beren on their quest, and died in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 206
Eglador                The former name of Doriath, before it was encompassed by the Girdle of Melian; probably connected with the name Eglath. 111
Eglarest        The southern of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand. 60, 109, 125, 142, 145, 239, 304
Eglath                'The Forsaken People', name given to themselves by the Telerin Elves who remained in Beleriand seeking for Elwë (Thingol) when the main host of the Teleri departed to Aman. 60, 288
Eilinel                The wife of Gorlim the Unhappy. 165-6
Eithel Ivrin        'Ivrin's Well', the source of the river Narog beneath Ered Wethrin. 256, 261
Eithel Sirion        'Sirion's Well', in the eastern face of Ered Wethrin, where was the great fortress of Fingolfin and Fingon (see Barad Eithel). 124, 140-1, 183, 193, 232-3
Ekkaia                Elvish name of the Outer Sea, encircling Arda; referred to also as the Outer Ocean and the Encircling Sea. 32,40, 51, 65, 115-6, 121, 227
Elbereth        The usual name of Varda in Sindarin, 'Star-Queen'; cf. Elentári. 19, 36
Eldalië                'The Elven-folk', used as equivalent to Eldar. 12, 54, 59, 71,150, 200, 222, 227-8, 232, 247, 315
Eldamar                'Elvenhome', the region of Aman in which the Elves dwelt; also the great Bay of the same name. 61, 65, 67, 75-6, 79-80, 97, 160, 213, 306
Eldar                According to Elvish legend the name Eldar 'People of the Stars' was given to all the Elves by the Vala Oromë (49). It came however to be used to refer only to the Elves of the Three Kindreds (Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri) who set out on the great westward march from Cuiviénen (whether or not they remained in Middle-earth), and to exclude the Avari. The Elves of Aman, and all Elves who ever dwelt in Aman, were called the High Elves (Tareldar) and Elves of the Light (Calaquendi); see Dark Elves, Úmanyar. Passim; see entry Elves.
Eldarin                Of the Eldar; used in reference to the language(s) of the Eldar. The occurrences of the term in fact refer to Quenya, also called High Eldarin and High-elven; see Quenya.
Elder Days        The First Age; also called the Eldest Days. 24, 33, 119, 134, 256, 258, 285, 289, 299, 365, 377-8
Elder King        Manwë. 309, 312
Eledhwen        See Morwen.
Elemmírë (1)        Name of a star. 48
Elemmírë (2)        Vanyarin Elf, maker of the Aldudénië, the Lament for the Two Trees. 84
Elendë                A name of Eldamar. 65, 96, 130
Elendil                Called the Tall; son of Amandil, last lord of Andúnië in Númenor, descended from Eärendil and Elwing but not of the direct line of the Kings; escaped with his sons Isildur and Anárion from the Drowning of Númenor and founded the Númenórean realms in Middle-earth; slain with Gil-galad in the overthrow of Sauron at the end of the Second Age. The name may be interpreted either as 'Elf-friend' (cf. Elendili) or as 'Star-lover'. 337, 340-2, 360-7, 370, 377. Heirs of Elendil 365
Elendili                'Elf-friends', name given to those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar in the days of Tar-Ancalimon and later kings; also called the Faithful. 328-32, 335-7, 340-1, 361-2
Elendur                Eldest son of Isildur, slain with him at the Gladden Fields. 366
Elenna                A (Quenya) name of Númenor, 'Starwards', from the guidance of the Edain by Eärendil on their voyage to Númenor at the beginning of the Second Age. 321, 345, 347
Elentári                'Star-Queen', a name of Varda as maker of the Stars. She is called thus in Galadriel's lament in Lórien, The Fellowship of the Ring II 8. Cf. Elbereth, Tintallë. 48
Elenwë                Wife of Turgon; perished in the crossing of the Helcaraxë. 102, 160
Elerrína        'Crowned with Stars', a name of Taniquetil. 32
Elf-friends        The Men of the Three Houses of Bëor, Haleth, and Hador, the Edain. 169, 172-4, 231, 243, 311. In the Akallabêth and in Of the Rings of Power used of those Númenóreans who were not estranged from the Eldar; see Elendili. At 375 the reference is no doubt to the Men of Gondor and the Dúnedain of the North.
Elostirion        Tallest of the towers upon Emyn Beraid, in which the palantir was placed. 362
Elrond                Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to belong to the Firstborn, and remained in Middle-earth until the end of the Third Age; master of Imladris (Rivendell) and keeper of Vilya, the Ring of Air, which he had received from Gil-galad. Called Master Elrond and Elrond Half-elven. The name means 'Star-dome'. 122, 306, 315, 322, 354-6, 366-75, 37S, Sons of Elrond 377
Elros                Son of Eärendil and Elwing, who at the end of the First Age chose to be numbered among Men, and became the first King of Númenor (called Tar-Minyatur), living to a very great age. The name means 'Star-foam'. 305, 315, 322, 328-32, 336, 354, 360
Elu                Sindarin form of Elwë. 58,103, 125, 288
Eluchíl                'Heir of Elu (Thingol)', name of Dior, son of Beren and Lúthien. See Dior.
Eluréd                Elder son of Dior; perished in the attack on Doriath by the sons of Fëanor. The name means the same as Eluchíl. 290, 292
Elurín                Younger son of Dior; perished with his brother Eluréd. The name means 'Remembrance of Elu (Thingol)'. 290,292
Elvenhome        See Eldamar.
Elves                See especially 37-9, 48-51, 53, 99, 121, 326-7; and see also Children of Ilúvatar, Eldar; Dark Elves. Elves of the Light: see Calaquendi.
Elwë                Surnamed Singollo 'Greymantle'; leader with his brother Olwë of the hosts of the Teleri on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, until he was lost in Nan Elmoth; afterwards Lord of the Sindar, ruling in Doriath with Melian; received the Silmaril from Beren; slain in Menegroth by the Dwarves. Called (Elu) Thingol in Sindarin. See Dark Elves, Thingol. 53-8, 60-1, 103, 289
Elwing                Daughter of Dior, who escaping from Doriath with the Silmaril wedded Eärendil at the Mouths of Sirion and went with him to Valinor; mother of Elrond and Elros. The name means 'Star-spray'; see Lanlhir Lamath. 122, 178, 291-3, 302, 304-10, 315
Emeldir                Called the Man-hearted; wife of Barahir and mother of Beren; led the women and children of the House of Bëor from Dorthonion after the Dagor Bragollach. (She was herself also a descendant of Bëor the Old, and her father's name was Beren; this is not stated in the text.) 187, 194
Emyn Beraid        The Tower Hills' in the west of Eriador; see Elostirion. 360-2
Enchanted Isles        The islands set by the Valar in the Great Sea eastwards of Tol Eressëa at the time of the Hiding of Valinor. 118, 306
Encircling Mountains        See Echoriath.
Encircling Sea        See Ekkaia.
Endor                'Middle Land', Middle-earth. 101
Engwar                'The Sickly', one of the Elvish names for Men, 119
Eöl                Called the Dark Elf; the great smith who dwelt in Nan Elmoth, and took Aredhel Turgon's sister to wife; friend of the Dwarves; maker of the sword Anglachel (Gurthang); father of Maeglin; put to death in Gondolin. 104,158-65, 247
Eönwë                One of the mightiest of the Maiar; called the Herald of Manwë; leader of the host of the Valar in the attack on Morgoth at the end of the First Age. 24, 309-14, 321, 353
Ephel Brandir        'The encircling fence of Brandir', dwellings of the Men of Brethil upon Amon Obel; also called the Ephel. 266, 270-2
Ephel Dúath        'Fence of Shadow', the mountain-range between Gondor and Mordor; also called the Mountains of Shadow. 361-2, 368
Erchamion        'One-handed', the name of Beren after his escape from Angband. 222, 225, 242, 292
Erech                A hill in the west of Gondor, where was the Stone of Isildur (see The Return of the King V 2). 361
Ered Engrin        'The Iron Mountains' in the far north. 128, 135-6, 139, 181, 193
Ered Gorgoroth        'The Mountains of Terror', northward of Nan Dungortheb; also called the Gorgoroth. 90, 109, 144, 157, 176, 198, 214, 246
Ered Lindon        'The Mountains of Lindon', another name for Ered Luin, the Blue Mountains. 147-8, 160, 167, 174, 238, 287, 290
Ered Lómin        'The Echoing Mountains', forming the west-fence of Hithlum. 123, 140
Ered Luin        'The Blue Mountains', also called Ered Lindon. After the destruction at the end of the First Age Ered Luin formed the north-western coastal range of Middle-earth. 56, 103, 107, 132-5, 147, 159, 167, 288, 354, 359
Ered Nimrais        The White Mountains (nimrais 'white horns'), the great range from east to west south of the Misty Mountains. 107
Ered Wethrin        'The Mountains of Shadow', 'The Shadowy Mountains', the great curving range bordering Dor-nu-Fauglith (Ard-galen) on the west and forming the barrier between Hithlum and West Beleriand. 123-5, 127, 133, 137, 140-1, 150, 171, 182-3, 193, 206, 212, 232, 234, 238, 249, 254, 256, 261, 278, 281, 295
Eregion                'Land of Holly' (called by Men Hollin); Noldorin realm in the Second Age at the western feet of the Misty Mountains, where the Elven Rings were made. 355-7
Ereinion        'Scion of Kings', the son of Fingon, known always by his surname Gil-galad. 186, 239, 302
Erellont                One of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyages. 307
Eressëa                See Tol Eressëa.
Eriador                The land between the Misty Mountains and the Blue, in which lay the Kingdom of Arnor (and also the Shire of the Hobbits). 55, 56, 104, 174, 330, 360, 366-7, 370, 376
Eru                'The One', 'He that is Alone': Ilúvatar. 3, 4, 17-9, 23, 41-4, 82, 95, 99, 102, 112-3, 322, 327-8, 332, 335, 347; also in Children of Eru.
Esgalduin        The river of Doriath, dividing the forests of Neldoreth and Region, and flowing into Sirion. The name means 'River under Veil'. 105, 144, 157, 199, 225, 269, 289
Estë                One of the Valier, the spouse of Irmo (Lórien); her name means 'Rest'. 18, 21,24, 68, 114
Estolad                The land south of Nan Elmoth where the Men of the followings of Bëor and Marach dwelt after they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand; translated in the text as 'the Encampment'. 171-5
Ezellohar        The Green Mound of the Two Trees of Valinor; also called Corollairë. 33,44, 84, 86
Faelivrin        Name given to Finduilas by Gwindor. 257
Faithful, The        See Elendili.
Falas                The western coasts of Beleriand, south of Nevrast. 60, 106, 111, 124, 142, 194, 232, 239, 259
Falathar        One of the three mariners who accompanied Eärendil on his voyages. 307
Falathrim        The Telerin Elves of the Falas, whose lord was Círdan. 60
Falmari                The Sea-elves; name of the Teleri who departed from Middle-earth and went into the West. 54
Fëanor                Eldest son of Finwë (the only child of Finwë and Míriel), half-brother of Fingolfin and Finarfin; greatest of the Noldor, and leader in their rebellion; deviser of the Fëanorian script; maker of the Silmarils; slain in Mithrim in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath. His name was Curufinwë (curu 'skill'), and he gave this name to his fifth son, Curufin; but he was himself known always by his mother's name for him, Fëanáro 'Spirit of Fire', which was given the Sindarin form Fëanor Chapters V-IX and XIII passim; see especially 63, 67-9, 71, 112. Elsewhere his name occurs chiefly in the sons of Fëanor.
Fëanturi        'Masters of Spirits', the Valar Námo (Mandos) and Irmo (Lórien). 21
Felagund        The name by which King Finrod was known after the establishment of Nargothrond; it was Dwarvish in origin (felak-gundu 'cave-hewer', but translated in the text as 'Lord of Caves', 61). For references see Finrod.
Finarfin        The third son of Finwë, the younger of Fëanor's half-brothers; remained in Aman after the Exile of the Noldor and ruled the remnant of his people in Tirion. Alone among the Noldorin princes he and his descendants had golden hair, derived from his mother Indis, who was a Vanyarin Elf (see Vanyar). 63, 69, 75. 93-6, 100, 117, 202, 213, 310. Many other occurrences of the name of Finarfin relate to his sons or his people.
Finduilas        Daughter of Orodreth, loved by Gwindor; captured in the sack of Nargothrond, and killed by Orcs at the Crossings of Teiglin. 257-9, 261-6,277
Fingolfin        The second son of Finwë, the elder of Fëanor's half-brothers; High King of the Noldor in Beleriand, dwelling in Hithlum; slain by Morgoth in single combat, 63, 69, 74-7, 83, 93-5,v100-2, 115, 123, 126-8, 129, 133, 135-6, 140, 144, 154, 171, 177, 180-1, 183-7, 240. Many other occurrences of the name of Fingolfin relate to his sons or his people.
Fingon                The eldest son of Fingolfin, called the Valiant; rescued Maedhros from Thangorodrim; High King of the Noldor after the death of his father; slain by Gothmog in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 64, 94-6, 98, 101, 128-9, 137, 140, 144, 156, 166, 183, 186, 194, 198, 231-9, 302, 354
Finrod                The eldest son of Finarfin, called 'the Faithful' and 'the Friend of Men'. Founder and King of Nargothrond, whence his name Felagund; encountered in. Ossiriand the first Men to cross the Blue Mountains; rescued by Barahir in the Dagor Bragollach; redeemed his oath to Barahir by accompanying Beren on his quest; slain in defence of Beren in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth. The following references include those to Felagund used alone: 64, 93, 96, 102, 127, 130, 133-4, 142-6, 148, 151, 154-5, 167-72, 176, 178, 182-3, 193, 197, 201-13, 223, 250, 259, 261, 264, 267-8, 284-5, 287
Finwë                Leader of the Noldor on the westward journey from Cuiviénen; King of the Noldor in Aman; father of Fëanor, Fingolfin, and Finarfin, slain by Morgoth at Formenos. 53-6, 60-71, 75-8, 83, 87, 92, 152; other references are to his sons or his house.
Fírimar                'Mortals', one of the Elvish names for Men. 119
Firstborn, The        The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, the Elves. 7, 9, 13, 34, 37-8, 41-2, 44, 48, 309, 315, 321, 325, 355, 370, 378
Followers, The        The Younger Children of Ilúvatar, Men; translation of Hildor. 7
Ford of Stones        See Sarn Athrad.
Fords of Aros        See Arossiach.
Formenos        'Northern Fortress', the stronghold of Fëanor and his sons in the north of Valinor, built after the banishment of Fëanor from Tirion. 79, 83, 88, 152
Fornost                'Northern Fortress'. Númenórean city on the North Downs in Eriador. 361
Forsaken Elves        See Eglath.
Frodo                The Ringbearer. 377
Fuinur                A renegade Númenórean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age, 363
Gabilgathol        See Belegost. 104
Galadriel        Daughter of Finarfin and sister of Finrod Felagund; one of the leaders of the Noldorin rebellion against the Valar; wedded Celeborn of Doriath and with him remained in Middle-earth after the end of the First Age; keeper of Nenya, the Ring of Water, in Lothlórien. 64, 93-4, 102, 134-5, 151-3, 155, 172, 204, 290, 315, 370-3
Galathilion        'The White Tree of Tirion, the image of Telperion made by Yavanna for the Vanyar and the Noldor' 62, 324, 361
Galdor                Called the Tall; son of Hador Lórindol and lord of Dor-lómin after him; father of Húrin and Huor; slain at Eithel Sirion. 177, 183, 187, 190-3, 242, 257, 284, 311
galvorn                The metal devised by Eöl. 159
Gandalf                The name among Men of Mithrandir, (the of the Istari (Wizards); see Olórin. 372
Gates of Summer        A great festival of Gondolin, on the eve of which the city was assaulted 'by the forces of Morgoth. 300
Gelion                The great river of East Beleriand, rising in Himring and Mount Rerir and fed by the rivers of Ossiriand flowing down from the Blue Mountains. 56-7, 103-4, 109, 132, 144-8, 167, 170, 174, 184, 229, 287-90
Gelmir (I)        Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gwindor, captured in the Dagor Bragollach and afterwards put to death in front of Eithel Sirion, as a provocation to its defenders, before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 230, 233
Gelmir (2)        Elf of the people of Angrod, who with Arminas came to Nargothrond to warn Orodreth of its peril. 260
Gildor                One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Gil-Estel        'Star of Hope', Sindarin name for Eärendil bearing the Silmaril in his ship Vingilot. 310
Gil-galad        'Star of Radiance', the name by which Ereinion son of Fingon was afterwards known. After the death of Turgon he became the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth, and remained in Lindon after the end of the First Age; leader with Elendil of the Last Alliance of Men and Elves and slain with him in combat with Sauron. 186, 239, 302, 305, 315, 330-1, 335, 359-60, 362-5, 369-70
Gimilkhâd        Younger son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth and father of Ar-Pharazôn, the last King of Númenor. 332
Gimilzôr        See Ar-Gimilzôr.
Ginglith        River in West Beleriand flowing into the Narog above Nargothrond. 204, 261
Gladden Fields        Partial translation of Loeg Ningloron; the great stretches of reeds and iris (gladden) in and about the Anduin, where Isildur was slain and the One Ring lost 367, 374
Glaurung        The first of the Dragons of Morgoth, called the Father of Dragons; in the Dagor Bragollach, the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and the Sack of Nargothrond; cast his spell upon Túrin and upon Nienor; slain by Túrin at Cabed-en-Aras. Called also the Great Worm and the Worm of Morgoth. 137, 177, 181-2, 184, 235-6, 261-5, 268, 271-9, 283-4, 296, 300
Glingal                'Hanging Flame', the image of Laurelin made by Turgon in Gondolin. 151
Glirhuin        A minstrel of Brethil. 283-4
Glóredhel        Daughter of Hador Lórindol of Dor-lómin and sister of Galdor; wedded Haldir of Brethil. 190
Glorfindel        Elf of Gondolin, who fell to his death in Cirith Thoronath in combat with a Balrog after the escape from the sack of the city. The name means 'Golden-haired'. 237, 301-2
Golodhrim        The Noldor. Golodh was the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo, and -rim a collective plural ending; cf. Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gate of the Noldor. 160
Gondolin        'The Hidden Rock' (see Ondolindë), secret city of King Turgon surrounded by the Encircling Mountains (Echoriath). 64, 125, 150-1, 157, 186, 191-3, 221, 231-2, 234, 237, 240, 252, 281-2, 295-302, 305, 315, 322
Gondolindrim        The people of Gondolin. 166, 192, 234
Gondor                'Land of Stone', name of the southern Númenórean kingdom in Middle-earth, established by Isildur and Anárion. 361-9, 376-7. City of Gondor: Minas Tirith. 377
Gonnhirrim        'Masters of Stone', a Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103
Gorgoroth (1)        See Ered Gorgoroth.
Gorgoroth (2)        A plateau in Mordor, between the converging Mountains of Shadow and Mountains of Ash. 363, 365, 368
Gorlim                Called the Unhappy; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion, who was ensnared by a phantom of his wife Eilinel and revealed to Sauron the hiding-place of Barahir. 187, 195-7
Gorthaur        The name of Sauron in Sindarin. 26,187, 353
Gorthol                'Dread Helm', the name that Túrin took as one of the Two Captains in the land of Dor-Cúarthol. 252
Gothmog        Lord of Balrogs, high-captain of Angband, slayer of Fëanor, Fingon, and Ecthelion. (The same name was borne in the Third Age by the Lieutenant of Minas Morgul, The Return of the King V 6.) 125, 236, 238, 300
Greater Gelion        One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in Mount Rerir. 146
Great Lands        Middle-earth. 324
Great River        See Anduin.
Green-elves        Translation of Laiquendi; the Nandorin Elves of Ossiriand. For their origin see 107, and for the name 110, 133, 147-8, 167,170, 184, 238, 291
Greenwood the Great        The great forest east of the Misty Mountains, afterwards named Mirkwood. 360, 366, 371-2, 375
Grey-elven tongue        See Sindarin.
Grey-elves        See Sindar.
Grey Havens        See (The) Havens, Mithlond.
Greymantle        See Singollo, Thingol.
Grinding Ice        See Helcaraxë.
Grond                 The great mace of Morgoth, with which he fought Fingolfin; called the Hammer of the Underworld. The battering-ram used against the Gate of Minas Tirith was named after it (The Return of the King V 4). 185
Guarded Plain        See Talath Dirnen.
Guarded Realm        See Valinor. 82, 98
Guilin                Father of Gelmir and Gwindor, Elves of Nargothrond. 230, 233, 253, 256, 261
Gundor                Younger son of Hador Lórindol, lord of Dor-lómin; slain with his father at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. 177, 183, 311
Gurthang        'Iron of Death', name of Beleg's sword Anglachel after it was reforged for Túrin in Nargothrond, and from which he was named Mormegil. 258, 262, 265-6, 273, 276-8
Gwaith-i-Mírdain 'People of the Jewel-smiths', name of the fellowship of craftsmen in Eregion, greatest of whom was Celebrimbor son of Curufin. 354-5
Gwindor        Elf of Nargothrond, brother of Gelmir; enslaved in Angband, but escaped and aided Beleg in the rescue of Túrin; brought Túrin to Nargothrond; loved Finduilas Orodreth's daughter; slain in the Battle or Tumhalad. 230, 232-4, 254-61
Hadhodrond        The Sindarin name of Khazad-dûm (Moria). 104,354
Hador                Called Lórindol 'Goldenhead', also Hador the Golden-haired; lord of Dor-lómin, vassal of Fingolfin; father of Galdor father of Húrin; slain at Eithel Sirion in the Dagor Bragollach. The House of Hador was called the Third House of the Edain. 177-8, 183, 187, 190, 193. House of, People of, Hador 177, 189-90, 194, 231, 237-9, 243, 253, 265, 280, 308. Helm of Hador: see Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin.
Haladin                The second people of Men to enter Beleriand; afterwards called the People of Haleth, dwelling in the Forest of Brethil, also the Men of Brethil. 171, 174-5, 187, 190, 194, 234,238
Haldad                Leader of the Haladin in their defence against the attack on them by Orcs in Thargelion, and slain there; father of the Lady Haleth. 174-6
Haldan                Son of Haldar; leader of the Haladin after the death of the Lady Haleth. 175
Haldar                Son of Haldad of the Haladin, and brother of the Lady Haleth; slain with his father in the Orc-raid on Thargelion. 175-6
Haldir                Son of Halmir of Brethil; wedded Glóredhel, daughter of Hador of Dor-lómin; slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 190, 231-2, 234, 238
Haleth                Called the Lady Haleth; leader of the Haladin (who were named from her the People of Haleth) from Thargelion to the lands west of Sirion. 175-6. House of, People of, Haleth 175-8, 190, 231, 266, 272-3
Half-elven        Translation of Sindarin Peredhel, plural Peredhil, applied to Elrond and Elros, 304, 315, 322, 354, 357; and to Eärendil, 298
Halflings        Translation of Periannath (Hobbits). 377
Halls of Awaiting        The Halls of Mandos. 72
Halmir                Lord of the Haladin, son of Haldan; with Beleg of Doriath defeated the Orcs that came south from the Pass of Sirion after the Dagor Bragollach. 190, 231
Handir                Son of Haldir and Glóredhel, father of Brandir the Lame; lord of the Haladin after Haldir's death; slain in Brethil in battle with Orcs. 238, 260, 266
Haradrim        The Men of Harad ('the South'), the lands south of Mordor. 363
Hareth                Daughter of Helmir of Brethil; wedded Galdor of Dor-lómin; mother of Húrin and Huor. 190, 194
Hathaldir        Called the Young; one of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Hathol                Father of Hador Lórindol. 177
Haudh-en-Arwen        'The Ladybarrow', the burial-mound of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil. 176
Haudh-en-Elleth        The mound in which Finduilas was buried, near the Crossings of Teiglin. 267, 270-1, 275, 277
Haudh-en-Ndengin        'The Mound of Slain' in the desert of Anfauglith, where were piled the bodies of the Elves and Men that died in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 241-2
Haudh-en-Nirnaeth        'The Mound of Tears', another name of Haudh-en-Ndengin. 241
Havens, The        Brithombar and Eglarest on the coast of Beleriand: 124, 133, 144, 186, 239. The Havens of Sirion at the end of the First Age: 294, 305, 313. The Grey Havens (Mithlond) in the Gulf of Lhûn: 359, 370-1, 378. Alqualondë, the Haven of the Swans or Swanhaven, is also called simply The Haven: 97, 101
Helcar                The Inland Sea in the northeast of Middle-earth, where once stood the mountain of the lamp of Illuin; the mere of Cuiviénen where the first Elves awoke is described as a bay in this sea. 48, 54
Helcaraxë        The strait between Araman and Middle-earth; also referred to as the Grinding Ice. 51-2, 60, 88, 100-1, 126, 136, 154, 160
Helevorn        'Black Glass', a lake in the north of Thargelion, below Mount Rerir, where Caranthir dwelt. 132, 148, 184
Helluin                The star Sirius. 48, 69
Herumor        A renegade Númenórean who became mighty among the Haradrim at the end of the Second Age. 363
Herunúmen        'Lord of the West', Quenya name of Ar-Adunakhôr. 330
Hidden Kingdom        Name given both to Doriath, 135, 198, 200,277, and to Gondolin, 156,298
High-elven        See Quenya.
High Elves        See Eldar. 370
High Faroth        See Taur-en-Faroth.
Hildor                'The Followers', 'The Aftercomers', Elvish name for Men, as the Younger Children of Ilúvatar. 114, 119
Hildórien        The land in the east of Middle-earth where the first Men (Hildor) awoke. 120, 169
Himlad                'Cool Plain', the region where Celegorm and Curufin dwelt south of the Pass of Aglon. 147, 158, 161
Himring        The great hill west of Maglor's Gap on which was the stronghold of Maedhros; translated in the text as 'Ever-cold'. 131,147-8,157, 183-4, 214, 223, 231
Hírilorn        The great beech-tree in Doriath with three trunks, in which Lúthien was imprisoned. The name means 'Tree of the Lady'. 208, 226
Hísilómë        'Land of Mist', Quenya name of Hithlum. 140
Hithaeglir        'Line of Misty Peaks': the Misty Mountains, or Mountains of Mist. (The form Hithaeglin on the map to The Lord of the Rings is an error.) 55, 104, 107, 360, 364, 366
Hither Lands        Middle-earth (also called the Outer Lands). 57, 59-61, 296, 304, 311, 315, 323, 371
Hithlum                'Land of Mist' (see 140), the region bounded on the east and south by Ered Wethrin and on the west by Ered Lómin; see Hísilómë. 52, 90, 123, 126-8, 130, 137, 140-1, 144, 146, 157, 171, 181-9, 193, 221, 231-4, 238-9, 242-4,254, 280, 281, 294-5
Hollin                See Eregion. 354
Hollowbold        Translation of Nogrod: 'hollow dwelling' (early English bold, noun related to the verb build). 104
Huan                The great wolfhound of Valinor that Oromë gave to Celegorm; friend and helper of Beren and Lúthien; slew and slain by Carcharoth. The name means 'great dog, hound'. 209-18, 222, 225-6
Hunthor        A Man of the Haladin in Brethil who accompanied Túrin in his attack on Glaurung at Cabed-en-Aras and was killed there by a falling stone. 273
Huor                Son of Galdor of Dor-lómin, husband of Rían and father of Tuor; went to Gondolin with Húrin his brother; slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 150, 177, 190, 232, 236, 237, 242, 294, 296, 298, 301, 311
Húrin                Called Thalion 'the Steadfast', 'the Strong'; son of Galdor of Dor-lómin, husband of Morwen and father of Túrin and Nienor; lord of Dor-lómin, vassal of Fingon. Went with Huor his brother to Gondolin; captured by Morgoth in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and set upon Thangorodrim for many years; after his release slew Mîm in Nargothrond and brought the Nauglamír to King Thingol. 150, 177, 191-4, 232-46, 252, 255-9, 261-7, 271, 274-6, 278-87, 294, 298, 311
Hyarmentir        The highest mountain in the regions south of Valinor. 81
Iant Iaur        'The Old Bridge' over the Esgalduin on the northern borders of Doriath; also called the Bridge of Esgalduin, 144-5, 157
Ibun                One of the sons of Mîm the Petty-dwarf. 249, 251-2
Idril                Called Celebrindal 'Silverfoot'; the daughter (and only child) of Turgon and Elenwë; wife of Tuor, mother of Eärendil, with whom she escaped from Gondolin to the Mouths of Sirion; departed thence with Tuor into the West 151, 160, 163, 165-6, 296-300, 303-4, 308, 315,322
Illuin                One of the Lamps of the Valar made by Aulë. Illuin stood in the northern part of Middle-earth, and after the overthrow of the mountain by Melkor the Inland Sea of Helcar was formed there. 30-1, 48, 59
Ilmarë                A Maia, the handmaid of Varda, 24
Ilmen                The region above the air where the stars are. 116-9, 349
Ilúvatar                'Father of All, Eru. 3-11, 17-8, 23, 25, 34-42, 46-50, 58, 70, 73, 74, 86, 93, 102, 121, 227, 313, 322-3, 326-7, 336, 344-5
Imlach                Father of Amlach. 173
Imladris        'Rivendell' (literally, 'Deep Dale of the Cleft'), Elrond's dwelling in a valley of the Misty Mountains. 282, 364, 367-70, 377
Indis                Vanyarin Elf, close kin of Ingwë; second wife of Finwë, mother of Fingolfin and Finarfin. 63, 69-70, 75
Ingwë                Leader of the Vanyar, the first of the three hosts of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen. In Aman he dwelt upon Taniquetil, and was held High King of all the Elves. 53-4, 60, 62, 65, 69, 117, 310
Inziladûn        Elder son of Ar-Gimilzôr and Inzilbêth; afterwards named Tar-Palantir. 332
Inzilbêth                Queen of Ar-Gimilzôr; of the house of the lords of Andúnië. 331
Irmo                The Vala usually named Lórien, the place of his dwelling. Irmo means 'Desirer' or 'Master of Desire'. 21, 24, 68
Iron Mountains        See Ered Engrin.
Isengard        Translation (to represent the language of Rohan) of the Elvish name Angrenost. 361, 373-7
Isil                        Quenya name of the Moon. 114-5
Isildur                Elder son of Elendil, who with his father and his brother Anárion escaped from the Drowning of Númenor and founded in Middle-earth the Númenórean realms in exile; lord of Minas Ithil; cut the Ruling Ring from Sauron's hand; slain by Orcs in the Anduin when the Ring slipped from his finger. 337, 342, 346, 360-8, 374. Heirs of Isildur 369, 373. Heir of Isildur=Aragorn 377
Istari                The Wizards. See Curunír, Saruman; Mithrandir, Gandalf, Olórin; Radagast. 372
Ivrin                The lake and falls beneath Ered Wethrin where the river Narog rose. 140, 257. Pools of Ivrin 132, 257, 264, 296. Falls of Ivrin 142, 206. See Eithel Ivrin.
kelvar                An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter II: 'animals, living things that move'. 43-4
Kementári        'Queen of the Earth', a title of Yavanna. 21, 33-5, 44
Khazâd                The name of the Dwarves in their own language (Khuzdul). 103
Khazad-dûm        The great mansions of the Dwarves of Durin's race in the Misty Mountains (Hadhodrond, Moria). See Khazâd; dûm is probably a plural or collective, meaning 'excavations, halls, mansions'. 42, 104, 354
Khîm                Son of Mîm the Petty-dwarf, slam by one of Túrin's outlaw band. 249
King's Men        Númenóreans hostile to the Eldar and the Elendili. 328-9, 332
Kinslaying, The        The slaying of the Teleri by the Noldor at Alqualondë. 98, 100-1, 120, 130, 152, 154, 166, 169, 188
Ladros                The lands to the northeast of Dorthonion that were granted by the Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of Bëor. 177
Laer Cú Beleg        'The Song of the Great Bow', made by Túrin at Eithel Ivrin in memory of Beleg Cúthalion. 256
Laiquendi        'The Green-elves' of Ossiriand. 110
Lalaith                'Laughter', daughter of Húrin and Morwen who died in childhood. 242
Lammoth        'The Great Echo', region north of the Firth of Drengist, named from the echoes of Morgoth's cry in his struggle with Ungoliant. 89-90, 123
Land of Shadow        See Mordor.
Land of the Dead that Live                See Dor Firn-i-Guinar.
Land of the Star        Númenor. 339, 341
Lanthir Lamath        'Waterfall of Echoing Voices', where Dior had his house in Ossiriand, and after which his daughter Elwing ('Star-spray') was named. 289
Last Alliance        The league made at the end of the Second Age between Elendil and Gil-galad to defeat Sauron. 364
Laurelin                'Song of Gold', the younger of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 64, 82, 114-6, 151
Lay of Leithian        The long poem concerning the lives of Beren and Lúthien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'. 195, 198, 203, 206-8, 226
Legolin                The third of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147
lembas                Sindarin name of the waybread of the Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread'). 247, 251, 256
Lenwë                The leader of the Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the west-ward journey from Cuiviénen (the Nandor); father of Denethor. 56, 108
Lhûn                River in Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhûn.354, 360
Linaewen        'Lake of birds', the great mere in Nevrast. 141
Lindon                A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; see 147. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea: 354, 355, 359, 370
Lindórië        Mother of Inzilbêth. 331
Little Gelion        One of the two tributary branches of the river Gelion in the north, rising in the Hill of Himring. 146
Loeg Ningloron        'Pools of the golden water-flowers'; see Gladden Fields.
lómelindi        Quenya word meaning 'dusk-singers', nightingales. 57
Lómion                'Son of Twilight', the Quenya name that Aredhel gave to Maeglin. 159
Lonely Isle        See Tol Eressëa.
Lord of Waters        See Ulmo.
Lords of the West        See Valar.
Lorellin                The lake in Lórien in Valinor where the Vala Estë sleeps by day. 21
Lorgan                Chief of the Easterling Men in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, by whom Tuor was enslaved. 294
Lórien (1)        The name of the gardens and dwelling-place of the Vala Irmo, who was himself usually called Lórien. 18, 21, 24, 57, 68, 106, 114, 289
Lórien (2)        The land ruled by Celeborn and Galadriel between the rivers Celebrant and Anduin. Probably the original name of this land was altered to the form of the Quenya name Lórien of the gardens of the Vala Irmo in Valinor. In Lothlórien the Sindarin word loth 'flower' is prefixed. 370
Lórindol                'Goldenhead'; see Hador.
Losgar                The place of the burning of the ships of the Teleri by Fëanor, at the mouth of the Firth of Drengist, 101, 111, 123, 127, 140, 152, 154
Lothlann        'The wide and empty', the great plain north of the March of Maedhros. 147, 184, 255
Lothlórien        'Lórien of the Blossom'; see Lórien (2). 370
Luinil                Name of a star (one shining with a blue light). 48
Lumbar                Name of a star. 48
Lúthien                The daughter of King Thingol and Melian the Maia, who after the fulfilment of the Quest of the Silmaril and the death of Beren chose to become mortal and to share his fate. See Tinúviel. 103, 108, 147, 177, 195, 199-203, 208-30, 242, 290-2, 305, 309, 315, 322
Mablung        Elf of Doriath, chief captain of Thingol, friend of Túrin; called 'of the Heavy Hand' (which is the meaning of the name Mablung); slain in Menegroth by the Dwarves. 133, 224-6, 230, 244, 267-9, 277-8, 284, 289-90
Maedhros        The eldest son of Fëanor, called the Tall; rescued by Fingon from Thangorodrim; held the Hill of Himring and the lands about; formed the Union of Maedhros that ended in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; bore one of the Silmarils with him to his death at the end of the First Age. 63, 93, 126-32, 135-6, 140, 144-8, 167, 171, 184, 189, 214, 229-35, 239, 292, 305, 310, 313-4
Maeglin        'Sharp Glance', son of Eöl and Aredhel Turgon's sister, born in Nan Elmoth; became mighty in Gondolin, and betrayed it to Morgoth; slain in the sack of the city by Tuor. See Lómion. 104, 159-66, 192, 237, 247, 297-9
Maglor                The second son of Fëanor, a great singer and minstrel; held the lands called Maglor's Gap; at the end of the First Age seized with Maedhros the two Silmarils that remained in Middle-earth, and cast the one that he took into the Sea. 63, 93, 98, 133, 135, 138, 148, 167, 184, 222, 236, 305-6, 310, 313-4
Maglor's Gap        The region between the northern arms of Gelion where there were no hills of defence against the North. 135,148,184
Magor                Son of Malach Aradan; leader of the Men of the following of Marach who entered West Beleriand. 172, 177
Mahal                The name given to Aulë by the Dwarves. 42
Máhanaxar        The Ring of Doom outside the gates of Valmar, in which were set the thrones of the Valar where they sat in council. 33, 50, 52, 77, 86-8, 91, 95, 112
Mahtan                A great smith of the Noldor, father of Nerdanel the wife of Fëanor. 69, 75
Maiar                Ainur of lesser degree than the Valar (singular Maia). 11, 23-6, 30, 57, 61, 83, 91, 105, 108, 111, 114, 229, 289, 292, 322, 353
Malach                Son of Marach; given the Elvish name Aradan. 171, 177
Malduin        A tributary of the Teiglin; the name probably means 'Yellow River'. 251
Malinalda        'Tree of Gold', a name of Laurelin. 33
Mandos                The place of the dwelling in Aman of the Vala properly called Námo, the Judge, though this name was seldom used, and he himself was usually referred to as Mandos. Named as Vala: 18, 21-3,47, 52, 70, 73, 77-8, 87, 98, 113, 118, 121, 129-30, 154, 227, 308, 316. Named as the place of his dwelling (including Halls of Mandos; also Halls of Awaiting, Houses of the Dead): 22, 38, 42, 52, 61, 68-9, 73, 99, 121, 125, 227, 289. With reference to the Doom of the Noldor and the Curse of Mandos: 150, 154-5, 166, 169, 201, 205, 213, 297
Manwë                The chief of the Valar, called also Súlimo, the Elder King, the Ruler of Arda. Passim; see especially 11, 18-9, 35, 70, 129
Marach                Leader of the third host of Men to enter Beleriand, ancestor of Hador Lórindol. 171-2, 180
March of Maedhros        The open lands to the north of the headwaters of the river Gelion, held by Maedhros and his brothers against attack on East Beleriand; also called the eastern March. 131-2, 147
Mardil                Called the Faithful; the first Ruling Steward of Gondor. 369
Mar-nu-Falmar        'The Land under the Waves', name of Númenor after the Downfall. 347
Melian                A Maia, who left Valinor and came to Middle-earth; afterwards the Queen of King Thingol in Doriath, about which she set a girdle of enchantment, the Girdle of Melian; mother of Lúthien, and foremother of Elrond and Elros. 24-5, 57-8, 61, 103-6, 109, 110-1, 121, 130, 135, 144-5, 151-4, 158, 172, 176, 182, Chapter XIX passim, 229-30, Chapters XXI, XXII passim, 315, 322
Melkor                The Quenya name for the great rebellious Vala, the beginning of evil, in his origin the mightiest of the Ainur; afterwards named Morgoth, Bauglir, the Dark Lord, the Enemy, etc. The meaning of Melkor was 'He who arises in Might'; the Sindarin form was Belegûr, but it was never used, save in a deliberately altered form Belegurth 'Great Death'. Passim (after the rape of the Silmarils usually called Morgoth); see especially 4-5, 8, 25, 50, 51, 70-1, 90-2, 117, 251, 320
Men                See especially 37-8, 74,119-21,167-70, 178, 319-20, 326-7; and see also Atani, Children of Ilúvatar, Easterlings.
Menegroth        'The Thousand Caves', the hidden halls of Thingol and Melian on the river Esgalduin in Doriath; see especially 58, 106-8, 111-2, 125, 130, 134, 145, 155, 200, 203, 208, 217, 222-6, 229, 243-7, 252, 267, 269, 286-91
Meneldil        Son of Anárion, King of Gondor. 368
Menelmacar        'Swordsman of the Sky', the constellation Orion. 48
Meneltarma        'Pillar of Heaven', the mountain in the midst of Númenor, upon whose summit was the Hallow of Eru Ilúvatar. 322-4, 329, 332-3, 336, 343, 345, 348
Meres of Twilight        See Aelin-uial.
Mereth Aderthad        The 'Feast of Reuniting' held by Fingolfin near the Pools of Ivrin. 132-3
Mickleburg        Translation of Belegost: 'great fortress'. 104
Middle-earth        The lands to the east of the Great Sea; also called the Hither Lands, the Outer Lands, the Great Lands, and Endor. Passim.
Mîm                The Petty-dwarf, in whose house (Bar-en-Danwedh) on Amon Rûdh Túrin dwelt with the outlaw band, and by whom their lair was betrayed to the Orcs; slain by Húrin in Nargothrond. 248-53, 284
Minas Anor        'Tower of the Sun' (also simply Anor), afterwards called Minas Tirith; the city of Anárion, at the feet of Mount Mindolluin. 361-2, 365-8, 377
Minas Ithil        'Tower of the Moon' afterwards called Minas Morgul; the city of Isildur, built on a shoulder of the Ephel Dúath. 361-2, 368
Minas Morgul        'Tower of Sorcery' (also simply Morgul), name of Minas Ithil after its capture by the Ringwraiths. 368-9, 377
Minastir        See Tar-Minastir.
Minas Tirith (1)        'Tower of Watch', built by Finrod Felagund on Tol Sirion; see Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 142, 187-9, 251
Minas Tirith (2)        Later name of Minas Anor. 297. Called the City of Gondor. 377
Mindeb                A tributary of Sirion, between Dimbar and the Forest of Neldoreth. 144, 246
Mindolluin        'Towering Blue-head', the great mountain behind Minas Anor. 361, 377
Mindon Eldalieva                'Lofty Tower of the Eldalië', the tower of Ingwë in the city of Tirion; also simply the Mindon. 62,76,91,96,100
Míriel (1)        The first wife of Finwë, mother of Fëanor; died after Fëanor's birth. Called Serindë 'the Broideress', 63, 67-8, 75
Míriel (2)        Daughter of Tar-Palantir, forced into marriage by Ar-Pharazôn, and as his queen named Ar-Zimraphel; also called Tar-Míriel. 345-6
Mirkwood        See Greenwood the Great.
Misty Mountains        See Hithaeglir.
Mithlond        The Grey Havens', harbours of the Elves on the Gulf of Lhûn; also referred to as the Havens. 354, 359, 371, 378
Mithrandir        'The Grey Pilgrim', Elvish name of Gandalf (Olórin), one of the Istari (Wizards). 373-7
Mithrim                The name of the great lake in the east of Hithlum, and also of the region about it and of the mountains to the west, separating Mithrim from Dor-lómin. The name was originally that of the Sindarin Elves who dwelt there. 124-8, 131, 242, 294
Mordor                The Black Land', also called the Land of Shadow; Sauron's realm east of the mountains of the Ephel Dúath. 330, 347, 357, 360-8, 376
Morgoth                The Black Enemy', name of Melkor, first given to him by Fëanor after the rape of the Silmarils. 26, 71, 88 and thereafter passim. See Melkor.
Morgul                See Minas Morgul
Moria                'The Black Chasm', later name for Khazad-dûm (Hadhodrond). 104, 354, 357, 364
Moriquendi        'Elves of the Darkness'; see Dark Elves. 54, 58, 103, 125
Mormegil        'The Black Sword', name given to Túrin as captain of the host of Nargothrond; see Gurthang. 258-9, 265-7, 271, 275, 278
Morwen                Daughter of Baragund (nephew of Barahir, the father of Beren); wife of Húrin and mother of Túrin and Nienor; called Eledhwen (translated in the text as 'Elfsheen') and the Lady of Dor-lómin. 178, 187, 194, 241-3, 258-60, 264-5, 267-9, 277, 280, 283, 285
Mountain of Fire        See Orodruin.
Mountains:        of Aman, of Defence, see Pelóri; of the East, see Orocarni; of Iron, see Ered Engrin; of Mist, see Hithaeglir; of Mithrim, see Mithrim; of Shadow, see Ered Wethrin and Ephel Dúath; of Terror, see Ered Gorgoroth.
Mount Doom        See Amon Amarth.
Music of the Ainur        See Ainulindalë.
Nahar                The horse of the Vala Oromë, said by the Eldar to be so named on account of his voice. 22, 37, 49-50, 54, 85, 108
Námo                A Vala, one of the Aratar; usually named Mandos, the place of his dwelling. Námo means 'Ordainer, Judge'. 21
Nandor                Said to mean 'Those who turn back': the Nandor were those Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, but of whom a part, led by Denethor, came long afterwards over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand (the Green-elves). 55, 107, 146, 244
Nan Dungortheb        Also Dungortheb; translated in the text as 'Valley of Dreadful Death'. The valley between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the Girdle of Melian. 90, 144, 157,  198, 214
Nan Elmoth        The forest east of the river Celon where Elwë (Thingol) was enchanted by Melian and lost; afterwards the dwelling-place of Eöl. 58, 61, 104, 158-62, 170, 247,289
Nan-tathren        'Willow-vale', translated as 'the Land of Willows', where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard's song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion. 142, 239, 301-2
Nargothrond        'The great underground fortress on the river Narog', founded by Finrod Felagund and destroyed by Glaurung; also the realm of Nargothrond extending east and west of the Narog. 134-5, 142-6, 151, 155, 167, 170, 176, 182-3, 188-9, 193, 203-7, 210, 214, 223, 230, 232-4, 239, Chapter XXI passim, 284-5, 287, 295, 297, 354
Narn i Hîn Húrin        'The Tale of the Children of Húrin', the long lay from which Chapter XXI was derived; ascribed to the poet Dirhavel, a Man who lived at the Havens of Sirion in the days of Eärendil and perished in the attack of the sons of Fëanor. Narn signifies a tale made in verse, but to be spoken and not sung, 243
Narog                The chief river of West Beleriand, rising at Ivrin under Ered Wethrin and flowing into Sirion in Nan-tathren. 109, 133-4, 142, 145, 203-6, 268, 284
Narsil                The sword of Elendil, made by Telchar of Nogrod, that was broken when Elendil died in combat with Sauron; from the shards it was reforged for Aragorn and named Anduril. 364-5
Narsilion        The Song of the Sun and Moon. 113
Narya                One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Fire or the Red Ring; borne by Círdan and afterwards by Mithrandir. 357, 370, 378
Nauglamír        'The Necklace of the Dwarves', made for Finrod Felagund by the Dwarves, brought by Húrin out of Nargothrond to Thingol, and the cause of his death. 134, 285-7, 291
Naugrim        'The Stunted People', Sindarin name for the Dwarves. 103-5, 107-9, 132, 159, 161, 231, 236, 289
Nazgûl                See Ring-wraiths.
Necklace of the Dwarves        See Nauglamír.
Neithan                Name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws, translated as 'The Wronged' (literally 'one who is deprived'). 245
Neldoreth        The great beech-forest forming the northern part of Doriath; called Taur-na-Neldor in Treebeard's song in The Two Towers HI 4. 57, 103, 105, 109, 145, 199, 208, 242, 289
Nénar                Name of a star. 48
Nen Girith        'Shuddering Water', name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil. 270-4, 276
Nenning        River in West Beleriand, reaching the sea at the Haven of Eglarest. 142, 239, 259
Nenuial                'Lake of Twilight', in Eriador, where the river Baranduin rose, and beside which the city of Annúminas was built. 361
Nenya                One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Water, borne by Galadriel; also called the Ring of Adamant, 357, 370
Nerdanel        Called the Wise; daughter of Mahtan the smith, wife of Fëanor. 69, 71, 75
Nessa                One of the Valier, the sister of Oromë and spouse of Tulkas. 18, 22, 31
Nevrast                The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning 'Hither Shore', was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast 'the Far Shore', the coast of Aman). 133-5, 141, 149-50, 156, 239, 240, 295, 302
Nienna                One of the Valier, numbered among the Aratar; Lady of pity and mourning, the sister of Mandos and Lórien; see especially 21-2. 18, 21-2, 25, 33, 70, 87, 113
Nienor                'Mourning', the daughter of Húrin and Morwen and sister of Túrin; spell-bound by Glaurung at Nargothrond and in ignorance of her past wedded Túrin in Brethil in her name Níniel; cast herself into the Teiglin. 243, 260, 263-4, 267-79
Nimbrethil        Birch-woods in Arvernien in the south of Beleriand. Cf. Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'He built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil to journey in …' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1). 304
Nimloth (1)        The White Tree of Númenor, of which a fruit taken by Isildur before it was felled grew into the White Tree of Minas Ithil. Nimloth 'White Blossom' is the Sindarin form of Quenya Ninquelótë, one of the names of Telperion. 62, 324, 331-2, 336-8, 342, 361-2
Nimloth (2)        Elf of Doriath who wedded Dior Thingol's Heir; mother of Elwing; slain in Menegroth in the attack by the sons of Fëanor. 290-1
Nimphelos        The great pearl given by Thingol to the lord of the Dwarves of Belegost. 105
Níniel                'Tear-maiden', the name that Túrin, ignorant of their relationship, gave to his sister; see Nienor.
Ninquelótë        'White Blossom', a name of Telperion; see Nimloth (1). 33
niphredil        A white flower that bloomed in Doriath in starlight when Lúthien was born. It grew also on Cerin Amroth in Lothlórien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 6, 8). 103
Nirnaeth Arnoediad        'Tears Unnumbered' (also simply the Nirnaeth), the name given to the ruinous fifth battle in the Wars of Beleriand. 166, 234-8, 242, 254, 257, 294, 297-8
Nivrim                That part of Doriath that lay on the west bank of Sirion. 145
Noegyth Nibin        'Petty-dwarves' (see also under Dwarves). 250, 284
Nogrod                One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Tumunzahar. See Hollowbold. 104, 107, 132, 158, 161, 215, 231, 250, 285-8, 291
Noldolantë        'The Fall of the Noldor', a lament made by Maglor son of Fëanor. 98
Noldor                The Deep Elves, the second host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Finwë. The name (Quenya Noldo, Sindarin Golodh) meant 'the Wise' (but wise in the sense of possessing knowledge, not in the sense of possessing sagacity, sound judgement). For the language of the Noldor see Quenya, Passim; see especially 35, 54, 63-8, 137, 356
Nóm, Nómin        'Wisdom' and 'the Wise', the names that the Men of Bëor's following gave to Finrod and his people in their own tongue. 168
North Downs        In Eriador, where was built the Númenórean city of Fornost 360
Nulukkizdîn        Dwarvish name of Nargothrond. 284
Númenor        (In full Quenya form Númenórë, 321-2, 347.) 'Westernesse', 'Westland', the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar. 62, 177, 321-37, 341-7, 354, 358-63, 368, 375
Númenóreans        The Men of Númenor, called also Dúnedain. 24, 321-35, 337-9, 342-7, 355, 359-65,367-70,372,376-7
Nurtalë Valinóreva        'The Hiding of Valinor'. 118
Ohtar                'Warrior', esquire of Isildur, who brought the shards of Elendil's sword to Imladris. 367
Oiolossë        'Ever-snow-white', the most common name among the Eldar for Taniquetil, rendered into Sindarin as Amon Uilos; but according to the Valaquenta it was the uttermost tower of Taniquetil.. 19, 32
Oiomúrë        A region of mists near to the Helcaraxë. 88
Olórin                A Maia, one of the Istari (Wizards); see Mithrandir, Gandalf, and cf. The Two Towers IV 5: 'Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten'. 25-6
olvar                An Elvish word retained in the speeches of Yavanna and Manwë in Chapter II, meaning 'growing things with roots in the earth', 43-4
Olwë                Leader together with his brother Elwë (Thingol) of the hosts of the Teleri on the westward journey from Cuiviénen; lord of the Teleri of Alqualondë in Aman. 54-8, 60-1, 63-5, 97-100, 107, 130, 152
Ondolindë        'Stone Song', the original Quenya name of Gondolin. 149
Orcs                Creatures of Morgoth. Passim; for their origin see 50, 106
Orfalch Echor        The great ravine through the Encircling Mountains by which Gondolin was approached. 296
Ormal                One of the Lamps of the Valar made by Aulë, Ormal stood in the south of Middle-earth. 29-30
Orocarni        The Mountains of the East of Middle-earth (the name means "the Red Mountains'). 49
Orodreth        The second son of Finarfin; warden of the tower of Minas Tirith on Tol Sirion; King of Nargothrond after the death of Finrod his brother; father of Finduilas; slain in the Battle of Tumhalad. 64, 93, 142, 187-8, 206, 209, 213, 230, 257-61, 266
Orodruin        'Mountain of Blazing Fire' in Mordor, in which Sauron forged the Ruling Ring; called also Amon Amarth 'Mount Doom'. 357, 363-6
Oromë                A Vala, one of the Aratar; the great hunter, leader of the Elves from Cuiviénen, spouse of Vana. The name means 'Horn-blowing' or 'Sound of Horns', cf. Valaróma; in The Lord of the Rings it appears in the Sindarin form Araw. See especially 22-3. 18, 22-3, 31. 37, 47, 49-51, 53-5, 59, 63, 65, 79-82, 85, 93, 106, 108, 114, 184, 209, 225
Oromet                A hill pear the haven of Andúnië in the west of Númenor, on which was built the tower of Tar-Minastir. 332
Orthanc                'Forked Height', the Númenórean tower in the Circle of Isengard. 361-2, 372
Osgiliath        'Fortress of the Stars', the chief city of ancient Gondor, on either side of the river Anduin. 361-4, 368
Ossë                A Maia, vassal of Ulmo, with whom he entered the waters of Arda; lover and instructor of the Teleri. 24, 36, 60-1, 64, 98, 141, 240, 321
Ossiriand        'Land of Seven Rivers' (these being Gelion and its tributaries flowing down from the Blue Mountains), the land of the Green-elves. Cf. Treebeard's song in The Two Towers III 4: 'I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand. Ah! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!' See Lindon. 108, 110, 133, 144-8, 167, 170-1, 182, 184, 229, 239, 289-91, 354
Ost-in-Edhil        'Fortress of the Eldar', the city of the Elves in Eregion. 354-6
Outer Lands        Middle-earth (also called the Hither Lands). 35, 36, 47, 88, 102, 115, 308
Outer Sea        See Ekkaia.
Palantíri        'Those that watch from afar', the seven Seeing Stones brought by Elendil and his sons from Númenor; made by Fëanor in Aman (see 69, and The Two Towers III 11). 342, 362
Pelargir        'Garth of Royal Ships,' the Númenórean haven above the delta of Anduin. 329
Pelóri                'The fencing or defensive heights', called also the Mountains of Aman and the Mountains of Defence, raised by the Valar after the destruction of their dwelling on Almaren; ranging in a crescent from north to south, close to the eastern shores of Aman. 32, 34, 46, 59, 62, 80-1, 88, 115-7, 210
People of Haleth        See Haladin and Haleth.
Periannath        The Halflings (Hobbits). 316
Petty-dwarves        Translation of Noegyth Nibin. See also under Dwarves.
Pharazôn        See Ar-Pharazôn.
Prophecy of the North        The Doom of the Noldor, uttered by Mandos on the coast of Araman. 98
Quendi                Original Elvish name for Elves (of every kind, including the Avari), meaning 'Those that speak with voices'. 37-8, 48-53, 57, 61, 73, 76, 114, 121-2, 169
Quenta Silmarillion        'The History of the Silmarils.' 355
Quenya                The ancient tongue, common to all Elves, in the form that it took in Valinor; brought to Middle-earth by the Noldorin exiles, but abandoned by them as a daily speech, especially after the edict of King Thingol against its use; see especially 133, 155. Not named as such in this book, but referred to as Eldarin, 21, 323, 347; High Eldarin, 322-3; High-elven, 266, 330; the tongue of Valinor, 133; the speech of the Elves of Valinor, 149; the tongue of the Noldor, 155, 159; the High Speech of the West, 155
Radagast        One of the Istari (Wizards). 372, 375
Radhruin        One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Ragnor                One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Ramdal                'Wall's End' (see Andram), where the dividing fall across Beleriand ceased' 146,184
Rána                'The Wanderer', a name of the Moon among the Noldor. 114
Rathlóriel        'Golden-bed', later name for the river Ascar, after the treasure of Doriath was sunk in it 147, 291
Rauros                'Roaring Spray', the great falls in the river Anduin. 369
Red Ring, The        See Narya.
Region                The dense forest forming the southern part of Doriath. 57, 105, 110, 145, 158, 288-9
Rerir                Mountain to the north of Lake Helevorn, where rose the greater of the two tributary branches of Gelion. 132,146-8,184
Rhovanion        'Wilderland', the wide region east of the Misty Mountains. 360-1
Rhudaur        Region in the north-east of Eriador. 360
Rían                Daughter of Belegund (nephew of Barahir, the father of Beren); wife of Huor and mother of Tuor; after Huor's death died of grief on the Haudh-en-Ndengin. 177, 187, 194, 242, 294
Ringil                The sword of Fingolfin. 185
Ring of Doom        See Máhanaxar.
Rings of Power        356-7, 373-5; The One Ring, Great Ring, or Ruling Ring: 330, 347, 356-8, 363, 365-6, 370-1, 374-7; Three Rings of the Elves: 357, 370-1, 378 (see also Narya, the Ring of Fire, Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and Vilya, the Ring of Sapphire). Seven Rings of the Dwarves 357-8, 371, 375. Nine Rings of Men 330, 357-8, 371, 375
Ringwil                The stream that flowed into the river Narog at Nargothrond. 146
Ring-wraiths        The slaves of the Nine Rings of Men and chief servants of Sauron; also called Nazgûl and Úlairi. 330, 361, 368, 372, 376
Rivendell        Translation of Imladris.
Rivil                Stream falling northwards from Dorthonion and flowing into Sirion in the Fen of Serech. 233, 237. Rivil's Well 197
Rochallor        The horse of Fingolfin. 184
Rohan                'The Horse-country', later name in Gondor for the great grassy plain formerly called Calenardhon. 369, 377
Rohirrim        'The Horse-lords' of Rohan. 369
Romenna        'Haven on the east coast of Númenor. 331, 336-7, 341, 346
Rothinzil        Adûnaic (Númenórean) name of Eärendil's ship Vingilot, with the same meaning, 'Foam-flower'. 319-21
Rúmil                A Noldorin sage of Tirion, the first deviser of written characters (cf. The Lord of the Rings Appendix E II); to him is attributed the Ainulindalë. 67-8
Saeros                Nandorin Elf, one of the chief counsellors of Thingol in Doriath; insulted Túrin in Menegroth, and by him pursued to his death. 244
Salmar                A Maia who entered Arda with Ulmo; maker of Ulmo's great horns, the Ulumúri. 36
Sarn Athrad        'Ford of Stones', where the Dwarf-road from Nogrod and Belegost crossed the river Gelion. 104, 167, 287, 291
Saruman        'Man of Skill', the name among Men of Curunír (which it translates), one of the Istari (Wizards). 372 3
Sauron                'The Abhorred' (in Sindarin called Gorthaur); greatest of the servants of Melkor, in his origin a Maia of Aulë. 26, 47, 52, 169, 187-8, 195-8, 206-8, 210-3, 216, 330, 333-40, 343, 346-8, 353-77
Secondborn, The        The Younger Children of Ilúvatar, Men. 44
Seeing Stones        See Palantíri.
Serech                The great fen north of the Pass of Sirion, where the river Rivil flowed in from Dorthonion. 124, 182, 197, 233, 236, 282
seregon                'Blood of Stone', a plant with deep red flowers that grew on Amon Rûdh. 248, 252
Serindë                'The Broideress'; see Míriel (I).
Seven Fathers of the Dwarves        See Dwarves.
Seven Stones        See Palantíri.
Shadowy Mountains        See Ered Wethrin.
Shepherds of the Trees        Ents. 45, 290
Sickle of the Valor        See Valacirca.
Silmarien        Daughter of Tar-Elendil, the fourth King of Númenor; mother of the first lord of Andúnië and ancestress of Elendil and his sons Isildur and Anárion. 331
Silmarils        The three jewels made by Fëanor before the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, and filled with their light; see especially 72-3. 35, 72-5, 78, 83, 86-93, 116. 121-2, 126, 130, 136, 152, 202-5, 209, 219-21, 224-6, 230, 243, 286-93, 302-3, 305-6, 310, 313-4
Silpion                A name of Telperion. 33
Silvan Elves        Also called Woodland Elves. They appear to have been in origin those Nandorin Elves who never passed west of the Misty Mountains, but remained in the Vale of Anduin and in Greenwood the Great; see Nandor 354, 370
Sindar                The Grey-elves. The name was applied to all the Elves of Telerin origin whom the returning Noldor found in Beleriand, save for the Green-elves of Ossiriand. The Noldor may have devised this name because the first Elves of this origin whom they met with were in the north, under the grey skies and mists about Lake Mithrim (see Mithrim); or perhaps because the Grey-elves were not of the Light (of Valinor) nor yet of the Dark (Avari), but were Elves of the Twilight (58). But it was held to refer to Elwë's name Thingol (Quenya Sindacollo, Singollo 'Grey-cloak'), since he was acknowledged high king of all the land and its peoples. The Sindar called themselves Edhil, plural Edhel. 22, 32, 58, 103, 108, 120, 125, 133, 137-42, 148, 150, 153-5, 164, 171, 182,188-90, 242, 277, 289, 291, 294, 353
Sindarin        The Elvish tongue of Beleriand, derived from the common Elvish speech but greatly changed through long ages from Quenya of Valinor; acquired by the Noldorin exiles in Beleriand (see 133, 155). Called also the Grey-elven tongue, the tongue of the Elves of Beleriand, etc. 36, 62-3, 133, 140, 149, 155, 177, 187, 199, 250, 319, 322
Singollo        'Grey-cloak', 'Grey-mantle'; see Sindar, Thingol,
Sirion                'The Great River' flowing from north to south and dividing West from East Beleriand. Passim; see especially 52, 141-2, 145. Falls of Sirion 203, 285. Fens of Sirion 203. Gates of Sirion 146. Havens of Sirion 294, 304-5, 313. Mouths of Sirion 60, 142, 190, 192, 239, 293, 302, 304. Pass of Sirion 135, 141, 182, 193, 215, 234, 237, 260, 265. Vale of Sirion 56, 124, 135, 140, 149, 248, 265, 301
Sons of Fëanor        See Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Caranthir, Curufin, Amrod, Amras, Often referred to as a group, especially after the death of their father: 69, 74-5, 77, 93, 126-7, 131-3, 144, 147-8, 152-4, 157, 159-61, 180, 183-4, 204, 213-4, 223, 230-1, 235, 238-9, 292-3, 302,305,313-4
Soronúmë        Name of a constellation. 48
Stone of the Hapless        Memorial stone of Túrin and Nienor by Cabed Naeramarth in the river Teiglin. 283-4
Straight Road, Straight Way        The path over the Sea into the Ancient or True West, on which the ships of the Elves might still sail after the Downfall of Númenor and the Changing of the World. 348-9
Strongbow        Translation of Cúthalion, name of Beleg.
Súlimo                Name of Manwë, rendered in the Valaquenta as 'Lord of the Breath of Arda' (literally 'the Breather'). 18, 35, 95
Swanhaven        See Alqualondë.
Swarthy Men        See Easterlings. 189
Talath Dirnen        The Guarded Plain, north of Nargothrond. 176, 203, 208, 252, 258, 261
Talath Rhunen        'The East Vale', earlier name of Thargelion. 148
Taniquetil        'High White Peak', highest of the mountains of the Pelóri and the highest mountain of Arda, upon whose summit are Ilmarin, the mansions of Manwë and Varda; also called the White Mountain, the Holy Mountain, and the Mountain of Manwë. See Oiolossë, 19, 32, 35, 47, 51, 65, 81-4, 88, 93, 96, 129, 307, 344, 348
Tar-Ancalimon        Fourteenth King of Númenor, in whose time the Númenóreans became divided into opposed parties. 328
Taras                Mountain on a promontory of Nevrast; beneath it was Vinyamar, the dwelling of Turgon before he went to Gondolin. 140, 295
Tar-Atanamir        Thirteenth King of Númenor, to whom the Messengers of the Valar came. 327-8
Tar-Calion        Quenya name of Ar-Pharazôn. 333, 359
Tar-Ciryatan        Twelfth King of Númenor 'the Shipbuilder'. 327
Tar-Elendil        Fourth King of Númenor, father of Silmarien, from whom Elendil was descended. 331
Tar-Minastir        Eleventh King of Númenor, who aided Gil-galad against Sauron. 329-30, 332
Tar-Minyatur        Name of Elros Half-elven as first King of Númenor. 336
Tar-Míriel        See Míriel (2).
Tarn Aeluin        The lake on Dorthonion where Barahir and his companions made their lair, and where they were slain. 195-6
Tar-Palantir        Twenty-third King of Númenor, who repented of the ways of the Kings, and took his name in Quenya: 'He who looks afar'. See Inziladûn. 332, 337
Taur-en-Faroth        The wooded highlands to the west of the river Narog above Nargothrond; also called the High Faroth. 134, 145, 203
Taur-im-Duinath        'The Forest between Rivers', name of the wild country south of the Andram between Sirion and Gelion. 147, 184
Taur-nu-Fuin        Later name of Dorthonion: 'the Forest under Night'. Cf. Deldúwath. 186, 206, 212, 215-6, 221, 223, 245, 253-6
Tauron                'The Forester' (translated in the Valaquenta 'Lord of Forests'), a name of Oromë among the Sindar. Cf. Aldaron. 22
Teiglin                A tributary of Sirion, rising in Ered Wethrin and bounding the Forest of Brethil on the south; see also Crossings of Teiglin. 142, 145, 176, 190, 245, 251, 261, 265, 271, 273,279, 284
Telchar                The most renowned of the smiths of Nogrod, the maker of Angrist and (according to Aragorn in The Two Towers III 6) of Narsil. 107, 215
Telemnar        Twenty-sixth King of Gondor. 368
Teleri                The third and greatest of the three hosts of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Elwë (Thingol) and Olwë. Their own name for themselves was Lindar the Singers; the name Teleri the Last-comers, the Hindmost, was given to them by those before them on the march. Many of the Teleri did not leave Middle-earth; the Sindar and the Nandor were Telerin Elves in origin. 36, 54-7, 60-4, 71, 79-80, 83, 96-8, 101, 107, 111,117, 159 60, 164, 306-9, 310, 315, 354
Telperion        The elder of the Two Trees of Valinor. 34, 47, 62, 82, 114-5, 247, 324, 361-2. Called the White Tree 62
Telumendil        Name of a constellation. 48
Thalion                'Steadfast, Strong'; see Húrin.
Thalos                The second of the tributaries of Gelion in Ossiriand. 147, 167
Thangorodrim        'Mountains of Tyranny', reared by Morgoth above Angband; broken down in the Great Battle at the end of the First Age. 90, 109, 125-8, 136,139-40, 180-3, 215, 221, 232, 234, 240, 254, 312, 320, 353-4, 364
Thargelion        'The Land beyond Gelion', between Mount Rerir and the river Ascar, where Caranthir dwelt; called also Dor Caranthir and Talath Rhunen. 148, 158, 171, 174, 184
Thingol                'Grey-cloak', 'Grey-mantle' (in Quenya Sindacollo, Singollo), the name by which Elwë, leader with his brother Olwë of the host of the Teleri from Cuiviénen and afterwards King of Doriath, was known in Beleriand; also called the Hidden King. See Elwë. 58, 103-10, 125, 130-1, 134, 145, 151-5, 157, 172, 176-7, 182, 190, 199-204, 208-9, 217, 222-7, 229-30, 243-7, 260, 267,269,280, 285-92, 297, 315
Thorondor        'King of Eagles'. Cf. The Return of the King VI 4: 'Old Thorondor, who built his eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains when Middle-earth was young'. See Crissaegrim. 129, 149, 186, 191, 221, 281, 297, 301, 312
Thousand Caves        See Menegroth.
Thranduil        Sindarin Elf, King of the Silvan Elves in the north of Greenwood the Great (Mirkwood); father of Legolas, who was of the Fellowship of the Ring. 371
ThurIngwëthil        'Woman of Secret Shadow', the messenger of Sauron from Tol-in-Gaurhoth who took the form of a great bat, and in whose shape Lúthien entered Angband. 216
Tilion                A Maia, steersman of the Moon. 114-7
Tintallë                'The Kindler', a name of Varda as maker of the Stars. She is called thus in Galadriel's lament in Lórien, The Fellowship of the Ring II 8. Cf. Elbereth, Elentári. 48
Tinúviel                The name that Beren gave to Lúthien: a poetic word for the nightingale, 'Daughter of Twilight'. See Lúthien.
Tirion                'Great Watch-tower', the city of the Elves on the hill of Túna in Aman. 62, 65-7, 74-5, 77-8, 83, 91, 94-6, 117, 134-5, 149-52, 205, 297, 307, 361
Tol Eressëa        'The Lonely Isle' (also simply Eressëa), on which the Vanyar and the Noldor and afterwards the Teleri were drawn across the ocean by Ulmo, and which was at last rooted in the Bay of Eldamar near to the coasts of Aman. On Eressëa the Teleri long remained before they went to Alqualondë; and there dwelt many of the Noldor and the Sindar after the ending of the First Age. 50, 60-2, 64, 118, 306, 310, 315, 321, 324, 331, 345, 349, 355, 362
Tol Galen         'The Green Isle' in the river Adurant in Ossiriand, where Beren and Lúthien dwelt after their return. 147, 229, 290
Tol-in-Gaurhoth        'Isle of Werewolves', name of Tol Sirion after its capture by Sauron. 188, 208, 210
Tol Morwen        Island in the sea after the drowning of Beleriand on which stood the memorial stone of Túrin, Nienor, and Morwen. 284
Tol Sirion        Island in the river in the Pass of Sirion on which Finrod built the tower of Minas Tirith; after its capture by Sauron named Tol-in-Gaurhoth. 133, 142, 188
Tulkas                A Vala, the 'greatest in strength and deeds of prowess', who came last to Arda; also called Astaldo. 18, 22, 29-31, 47, 51, 52, 70-1, 77-80, 85-7
Tumhalad        Valley in the land between the rivers Ginglith and Narog, where the host of Nargothrond was defeated. 261
Tumladen        'The Wide Valley', the hidden vale in the Encircling Mountains in the midst of which stood the city of Gondolin. (Tumladen was afterwards the name of a valley in Gondor: The Return of the King V 1). 135, 149, 160, 191, 221, 296, 301
Tumunzahar        See Nogrod. 104
Túna                The green hill in the Calacirya on which Tirion, the city of the Elves, was built. 62, 65-7, 75, 79, 91, 96, 100,117, 135, 149, 307, 324, 344
Tuor                Son of Huor and Rían, fostered by the Grey-elves of Mithrim; entered Gondolin bearing the message of Ulmo; wedded Idril Turgon's daughter, and with her and their son Eärendil escaped from the destruction of the City; in his ship Eärrámë set sail into the West. 177, 242, 294-304, 308
Turambar        'Master of Doom', the last name taken by Túrin, during his days in the Forest of Brethil. 266, 270-80, 284
Turgon                Called the Wise; the second son of Fingolfin; dwelt at Vinyamar in Nevrast before he departed in secret to Gondolin, which he ruled until his death in the sack of the city; father of Idril the mother of Eärendil 64, 93, 100-2, 133, 135, 140-1, 149-51,155-7, 160, 163-5, 186, 191-3, 221, 231-2, 234-7, 240, 247, 281-2, 294-300, 302, 308, 315
Tûr Haretha        The burial-mound of the Lady Haleth in the Forest of Brethil (see Haudh-en-Arwen). 176
Túrin                Son of Húrin and Morwen; chief subject of the lay named Narn i Hîn Húrin from which Chapter XXI was derived. For his other names see Neithan, Gorthol, Agarwaen, Mormegil, Wildman of the Woods, Turambar. 177, 178, 205, 242-66, 271, 274-80, 284
Twilight Meres        See Aelin-uial.
Two Kindreds        Elves and Men. 307-8, 319, 366
Two Trees of Valinor        33-4, 45-6, 53-4, 58, 61-2, 65, 71-2, 78, 83-4, 86, 109, 111-6, 119, 151, 288, 296, 302, 336-7
Uinen                A Maia, the Lady of the Seas, spouse of Ossë. 24, 36, 60, 98
Úlairi                See Ring-wraiths.
Uldor                Called the Accursed; son of Ulfang the Black; slain by Maglor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 232, 235-7, 311
Ulfang                Called the Black; a chieftain of the Easterlings, who with his three sons followed Caranthir, and proved faithless in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 231, 235
Ulfast                Son of Ulfang the Black, slain by the sons of Bor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 235
Ulmo                A Vala, one of the Aratar, called Lord of Waters and King of the Sea, The name was interpreted by the Eldar to mean 'The Pourer' or 'The Rainer'. See especially 19-20, 36. 8-10, 18-24, 36, 44, 51, 52, 59-61, 64, 70, 97, 116, 120, 133-5, 141, 146, 149-52, 187, 190, 240, 256, 260, 294-8, 301-2, 305-6, 308
Ulumúri        The great horns of Ulmo made by the Maia Salmar. 19, 36, 59
Ulwarth                Son of Ulfang the Black, slain by the sons of Bor in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 189, 235
Úmanyar        Name given to those Elves who went on the westward Journey from Cuiviénen but did not reach Aman: 'Those not of Aman', beside Amanyar 'Those of Aman'. 54, 58
Úmarth                'Ill-fate', a fictitious name for his father given out by Túrin in Nargothrond. 257
Umbar                Great natural haven and fortress of the Númenóreans south of the Bay of Belfalas. 334
Undying Lands        Aman and Eressëa; also called the Deathless Lands. 308, 320, 324, 345, 348
Ungoliant        The great spider, destroyer with Melkor of the Trees of Valinor. Shelob in The Lord of the Rings was 'the last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world' (The Two Towers IV 9). 79-80, 84, 85, 88-90, 100, 109, 116, 144, 157,198,307
Union of Maedhros        The league formed by Maedhros to defeat Morgoth that ended in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad 230
Urthel                One of the twelve companions of Barahir on Dorthonion. 187
Urulóki                Quenya word meaning 'fire-serpent', dragon. 137, 294-304, 308
Utumno                The first great stronghold of Melkor, in the north of Middle-earth, destroyed by the Valar. 31, 37, 46, 51-2, 81, 91, 114, 139
Vairë                'The Weaver', one of the Valier, the spouse of Námo Mandos. 18, 21
Valacirca        'The Sickle of the Valar', name of the constellation of the Great Bear. 48, 211
Valandil        Youngest son of Isildur; third King of Arnor. 367
Valaquenta        'Account of the Valar', a short work treated as a separate entity from The Silmarillion proper.
Valar                'Those with Power', 'The Powers' (singular Vala); name given to those great Ainur who entered into Eä at the beginning of Time, and assumed the function of guarding and governing Arda. Called also the Great Ones, the Rulers of Arda, the Lords of the West, the Lords of Valinor. Passim; see especially 10-12, 37, 81-2, and see also Ainur, Aratar.
Valaraukar        'Demons of Might' (singular Valarauko), Quenya form corresponding to Sindarin Balrog. 26
Valaróma        The horn of the Vala Oromë. 22, 37, 85, 108-9
Valier                'The Queens of the Valar' (singular Valie); a term used only in the Valaquenta. 18, 20, 23
Valimar                See Valmar.
Valinor                The land of the Valar in Aman, beyond the mountains of the Pelóri; also called the Guarded Realm. Passim; see especially 32-3, 117
Valmar                The city of the Valar in Valinor; the name also occurs in the form Valimar. In Galadriel's lament in Lórien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 8) Valimar is made equivalent to Valinor. 21-3, 33, 51, 57, 64, 70, 76-9, 82-4, 94, 117, 227-8, 307-8
Vána                One of the Valier, the sister of Yavanna and spouse of Oromë; called the Ever-young. 18, 23, 114
Vanyar                The first host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Ingwë. The name (singular Vanya) means 'the Fair', referring to the golden hair of the Vanyar; see Finarfin. 35, 55, 59, 62-5, 69, 71, 83-4, 91, 112-4, 117, 155, 163, 310,315
Varda                'The Exalted', 'The Lofty'; also called the Lady of the Stars. Greatest of the Valier, the spouse of Manwë, dwelling with him on Taniquetil. Other names of Varda, as maker of the Stars, were Elbereth, Elentári, Tintallë. See especially 18-9, 18-9, 23-4, 29, 32, 34-6, 47-8, 54, 62, 73, 83-4, 86, 93, 113-6, 211, 313-6
Vása                'The Consumer', a name of the Sun among the Noldor. 114
Vilya                One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Air, borne by Gil-galad and afterwards by Elrond; also called The Ring of Sapphire. 357, 370
Vingilot                (In full Quenya form Vingilótë). 'Foam-flower', the name of Eärendil's ship; see Rothinzil. 305, 310, 312, 319
Vinyamar        The house of Turgon in Nevrast under Mount Taras. The meaning is probably 'New Dwelling'. 135, 141, 150, 155, 295-7
Voronwë        'The Steadfast', Elf of Gondolin, the only mariner to survive from the seven ships sent into the West after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; met with Tuor at Vinyamar and guided him to Gondolin. 240, 295
Westernesse        See Anadûnë, Númenor.
White Council        The Council of the Wise in the Third Age formed to oppose Sauron. 373-5
White Mountain        See Taniquetil.
White Tree        See Telperion, Galathilion, Nimloth (1). The White Trees of Minas Ithil and Minas Anor: 337, 342, 361, 364-8, 378
Wildman of the Woods        Name adopted by Túrin when he first came among the Men of Brethil. 265
Wilwarin        Name of a constellation. The word meant 'butterfly' in Quenya, and the constellation was perhaps Cassiopeia. 48
Wizards                See Istari. 372
Woodland Elves        See Silvan Elves.
Yavanna        'Giver of fruits'; one of the Valier, numbered among the Aratar; the spouse of Aulë; called also Kementári See especially 20-1. 18, 20-3, 29-30, 33-5, 43-7, 57, 62, 82, 86-8, 90, 103, 113-4, 120, 321, 324, 362
Year of Lamentation        The year of the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. 151, 243

APPENDIX
Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names
These notes have been compiled for those who take an interest in the Eldarin languages, and The Lord of the Rings is extensively drawn upon for illustration. They are necessarily very compressed, giving an air of certainty and finality that is not altogether justified; and they are very selective, this depending both on considerations of length and the limitations of the editor's knowledge. The headings are not arranged systematically by roots or in Quenya or Sindarin forms, but somewhat arbitrarily, the aim being to make the component elements of names as readily identifiable as possible.
adan                (plural Edain) in Adanedhel, Aradan, Dúnedain. For its meaning and history see Atani in the Index.
aelin                'lake, pool' in Aelin-uial; cf. lin (2).
aglar                'glory, brilliance' in Dagor Aglareb, Aglarond. The form in Quenya, alkar, has transposition of the consonants: to Sindarin aglareb corresponds Alkarinquë. The root is kal- 'shine', q.v.
aina                'holy' in Ainur, Ainulindalë.
alda                'tree' (Quenya) in Aldaron, Aldudénië, Malinalda, corresponding to Sindarin galadh (seen in Caras Galadon and the Galadrim of Lothlórien).
alqua                'swan' (Sindarin alph) in Alqualondë; from a root alak- 'rushing' occurring also in Ancalagon.
amarth                'doom' in Amon Amarth, Cabed Naeramarth, Úmarth, and in the Sindarin form of Túrin's name 'Master of Doom', Turamarth. The Quenya form of the word appears in Turambar.
amon                'hill', a Sindarin word occurring as the first element of many names; plural emyn in Emyn Beraid. 445
anca                'jaws' in Ancalagon (for the second element in this name see alqua).
an(d)                'long' in Andram, Anduin; also in Anfalas ('Lang-strand') in Gondor, Cair Andros ('ship of long-foam') an island in Anduin, and Angerthas 'long rune-rows'.
andúnë                'sunset, west' in Andúnië, to which corresponds in Sindarin annun, cf. Annúminas, and Henneth Annun 'window of the sunset' in Ithilien. The ancient root of these words, ndu, meaning 'down, from on high', appears also in Quenya numen 'the way of the sunset, west' and in Sindarin dun 'west', cf. Dúnedain, Adûnaic adun in Adunakhôr, Anadûnë was a loan from Eldarin speech.
anga                'iron', Sindarin ang, in Angainor, Angband, Anghabar, Anglachel, Angrist, Angrod, Anguirel, Gurthang; angren 'of iron' in Angrenost, plural engrin in Ered Engrin.
anna                'gift' in Annatar, Melian, Yavanna; the same stem in Andor 'Land of Gift'.
annon                'great door or gate', plural ennyn, in Annon-in-Gelydh; cf. Morannon the 'Black Gate' of Mordor and Sirannon the 'Gate-stream' of Moria.
ar-                        'beside, outside' (whence Quenya ar 'and', Sindarin a), probably in Araman 'outside Aman'; cf. also (Nirnaeth) Arnoediad '(Tears) without reckoning'.
ar(a)-                'high, noble, royal' appears in a great many names, as Aradan, Aredhel, Argonath, Arnor, etc.; extended stem arat- appearing in Aratar, and in arato 'champion, eminent man', e.g. Angrod from Angaráto and Finrod from Findaráto; also aran 'king' in Aranrúth. Ereinion 'scion of kings' (name of Gil-galad) has the plural of aran; cf. Fornost Erain 'Norbury of the Kings' in Arnor. The prefix Ar- of the Adûnaic names of the Kings of Númenor was derived from this.
arien                (the Maia of the Sun) is derived from a root as- seen also in Quenya árë 'sunlight'.
atar                'father' in Atanatári (see Atani in Index), Ilúvatar.
band                'prison, duress' in Angband; from original mbando, of which the Quenya form appears in Mandos (Sindarin Angband=Quenya Angamando).
bar                'dwelling' in Bar-en-Danwedh. The ancient word mbár (Quenya már, Sindarin bar) meant the 'home' both of persons and of peoples, and thus appears in many place-names, as Brithombar, Dimbar (the first element of which means 'sad, gloomy'), Eldamar, Val(i)mar, Vinyamar, Mar-nu-Falmar. Mardil, name of the first of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor, means 'devoted to the house' (i.e. of the Kings).
barad                'tower' in Barad-dûr, Barad Either Barad Nimras; the plural in Emyn Beraid.
beleg                'mighty' in Beleg, Belegaer, Belegost, Laer Cú Beleg.
brago                'sudden' in Dagor Bragollach.
brethil                probably means 'silver birch'; cf. Nimbrethil the birchwoods in Arvernien, and Fimbrethil, one of the Entwives.
brith                'gravel' in Brithiach, Brithombar, Brithon.
(For many names beginning with C see entries under K)
calen (galen)        the usual Sindarin word for 'green', in Ard-galen, Tol Galen, Calenardhon; also in Parth Galen ('Green Sward') beside Anduin and Pinnath Gelin ('Green Ridges') in Gondor. See kal-.
cam                (from kamba) 'hand', but specifically of the hand held cupped in the attitude of receiving or holding, in Camlost, Erchamion.
carak-                This root is seen in Quenya carca 'fang', of which the Sindarin form carch occurs in Carcharoth, and also in Carchost ('Fang Fort', one of the Towers of the Teeth at the entrance to Mordor). Cf. Caragdûr, Carach Angren ('Iron Jaws', the rampart and dike guarding the entrance to Udun in Mordor), and Helcaraxë.
caran                'red', Quenya carnë, in Caranthir, Carnil, Orocarni; also in Caradhras, from caran-rass, the 'Red-horn' in the Misty Mountains, and Carnimirie 'red-jewelled', the rowan-tree in Treebeard's song. The translation of Carcharoth in the text as 'Red Maw' must depend on association with this word; see carak-.
celeb                'silver' (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means 'silver-fist', from the adjective celebrin 'silver' (meaning not 'made of silver' but 'like silver, in hue or worth') and paur (Quenya quare) 'fist' often used to mean 'hand'; the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal 'foot'.
coron                'mound' in Corollairë (also called Coron Oiolairë, which latter word appears to mean 'Ever-summer', cf. Oiolossë); cf. Cerin Amroth, the great mound in Lothlórien.
cú                        'bow' in Cúthalion, Dor Cúarthol, Laer Cú Beleg.
cuivië                'awakening' in Cuiviénen (Sindarin Nen Echui). Other derivatives of the same root are Dor Firn i Guinar; coire, the first beginning of Spring, Sindarin echuir, The Lord of the Rings Appendix D; and coimas 'life-bread', Quenya name of lembas.
cul-                'golden-red' in Culúrien.
curu                'skill' in Curuftn(we), Curunír.
dae                'shadow' in Dor Daedeloth, and perhaps in Daeron.
dagor                'battle'; the root is ndak-, cf. Haudh-en-Ndengin. Another derivative is Dagnir (Dagnir Glaurunga 'Glaurung's Bane').
del                        'horror* in Deldúwath; deloth 'abhorrence' in Dor Daedeloth.
dîn                'silent' in Dor Dínen; cf. Rath Dínen, the Silent Street in Minas Tirith, and Amon Dîn, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor.
dol                'head' in Lórindol; often applied to hills and mountains, as in Dol Guldur, Dolmed, Mindolluin (also Nardol, one of the beacon-hills of Gondor, and Fanuidhol, one of the Mountains of Moria).
dôr                'land' (i.e. dry land as opposed to sea) was derived from ndor; it occurs in many Sindarin names, as Doriath, Dorthonion, Eriador, Gondor, Mordor, etc. In Quenya the stem was blended and confused with a quite distinct word nórë meaning 'people'; in origin Valinórë was strictly 'the people of the Valar', but Valandor 'the land of the Valar', and similarly Númen(n)órë 'people of the West', but Númendor 'land of the West'. Quenya Endor 'Middle-earth' was from ened 'middle' and ndor; this in Sindarin became Ennor (cf. ennorath 'middle lands' in the chant A Elbereth Gilthoniel).
draug                'wolf' in Draugluin.
dú                        'night, dimness' in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath. Derived from earlier dömë, whence Quenya lómë; thus Sindarin dúlin 'nightingale' corresponds to lómelindë.
duin                '(long) river' in Anduin, Baranduin, Esgalduin, Malduin, Taur-im-Duinath.
dûr                'dark' in Barad-dûr, Caragdûr, Dol Guldur; also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor).
ëar                'sea' (Quenya) in Eärendil, Eärrámë, and many other names. The Sindarin word gaer (in Belegaer) is apparently derived from the same original stem.
echor                in Echoriath 'Encircling Mountains' and Orfalch Echor; cf. Rammas Echor 'the great wall of the outer circle' about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
edhel                'elf' (Sindarin) in Adanedhel, Aredhel, Glóredhel, Ost-in-Edhil; also in Peredhil 'Half-elven'.
eithel                'well' in Eithel Ivrin, Eithel Sirion, Barad Eithel; also in Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador (named from its source). See kel-.
êl, elen                'star'. According to Elvish legend, ele was a primitive exclamation 'behold!' made by the Elves when they first saw the stars. From this origin derived the ancient words êl and elen, meaning 'star', and the adjectives elda and elena, meaning 'of the stars'. These elements appear in a great many names. For the later use of the name Eldar see the Index. The Sindarin equivalent of Elda was Edhel (plural Edhil), q.v.; but the strictly corresponding form was Eledh, which occurs in Eledhwen.
er                        'one, alone', in Amon Ereb (cf. Erebor, the Lonely Mountain), Erchamion, Eressëa, Eru.
ereg                'thorn, holly' in Eregion, Region.
esgal                'screen, hiding' in Esgalduin.
falas                'shore, line of surf' (Quenya falassë) in Falas, Belfalas; also Anfalas in Gondor. Cf. Falathar, Falathrim. Another derivative from the root was Quenya falma '(crested) wave', whence Falmari, Mar-nu-Falmar.
faroth                is derived from a root meaning 'hunt, pursue'; in the Lay of Leithian the Taur-en-Faroth above Nargothrond are called 'the Hills of the Hunters'.
faug-                'gape' in Anfauglir, Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith.
fea                        'spirit' in Fëanor, Fëanturi.
fin-                'hair' in Finduilas, Fingon, Finrod, Glorftndel.
formen                'north' (Quenya) in Formenos; Sindarin forn (also for, forod) in Fornost.
fuin                'gloom, darkness' (Quenya huine) in Fuinur, Taur-nu-Fuin.
gaer                'sea' in Belegaer (and in Gaerys, Sindarin name of Ossë). Said to derive from the stem gaya 'awe, dread', and to have been the name made for the vast and terrifying Great Sea when the Eldar first came to its shores.
gaur                'werewolf (from a root ngwaw- 'howl') in Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
gil                        'star' in Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Osgiliath (giliath 'host of stars'); Gil-Estel, Gil-galad.
girith                'shuddering' in Nen Girith; cf. also Girithron, name of the last month of the year in Sindarin (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
glin                'gleam' (particularly applied to the eyes) in Maeglin.
golodh                is the Sindarin form of Quenya Noldo; see gûl. Plural Golodhrim, and Gelydh (in Annon-in-Gelydh).
gond                'stone' in Gondolin, Gondor, Gonnhirrim, Argonath, seregon. The name of the hidden city of King Turgon was devised by him in Quenya as Ondolindë (Quenya ondo= Sindarin gond, and lindë 'singing, song'); but it was known always in legend in the Sindarin form Gondolin, which was probably interpreted as gond-dolen 'Hidden Rock'.
gor                'horror, dread' in Gorthaur, Gorthol; goroth of the same meaning, with reduplicated gor, in Gorgoroth, Ered Gorgoroth.
groth (grod)        'delving, underground dwelling' in Menegroth, Nogrod (probably also in Nimrodel, 'lady of the white cave'). Nogrod was originally Novrod 'hollow delving' (hence the translation Hollowbold), but was altered under the influence of naug 'dwarf'.
gul                        'sorcery' in Dol Guldur, Minas Morgul. This word was derived from the same ancient stem ngol- that appears in Noldor; cf. Quenya nólë 'long study, lore, knowledge'. But the Sindarin word was darkened in sense by its frequent use in the compound morgul 'black arts'.
gurth                'death' in Gurthang (see also Melkor in the Index).
gwaith                'people' in Gwaith-i-Mírdain; cf. Enedwaith 'Middle-folk', name of the land between the Greyflood and the Isen.
gwalh, wath        'shadow' in Deldúwath, Ephel Dúath; also in Gwathlo, the river Greyflood in Eriador. Related forms in Ered Wethrin, ThurIngwëthil. (This Sindarin word referred to dim light, not to the shadows of objects cast by light: these were called morchaint 'dark shapes'.)
hadhod                in Hadhodrond (translation of Khazad-dûm) was a rendering of Khazâd into Sindarin sounds.
haudh                'mound' in Haudh-en-Arwen, Haudh-en-Elleth, etc.
heru                'lord' in Herumor, Herunúmen; Sindarin hir in Gonnhirrim, Rohirrim, Barahir; híril 'lady' in Hírilorn.
him                'cool' in Himlad (and Himring?).
hîn                'children' in Eruhini 'Children of Eru'; Narn i Hîn Húrin.
hith                'mist' in Hithaeglir, Hithlum (also in Nen Hithoel, a lake in Anduin). Hithlum is Sindarin in form, adapted from the Quenya name Hísilómë given by the Noldorin exiles (Quenya hísië 'mist', cf. Hísimë, the name of the eleventh month of the year. The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
hoth                'host, horde' (nearly always in a bad sense) in Tol-in-Gaurhoth; also in Loss(h)oth, the Snowmen of Forochel (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iii]) and Glamhoth 'din-horde', a name for Orcs.
hyarmen        'south' (Quenya) in Hyarmentir; Sindarin har-, harn, harad.
ia                        'void, abyss' in Moria.
iant                'bridge' in Iant Iaur.
iâth                'fence' in Doriath.
iaur                'old' in Iant Iaur; cf. the Elvish name of Bombadil, Iarwain.
ilm-                This stem appears in Ilmen, Ilmarë, and also in Ilmarin ('mansion of the high airs', the dwelling of Manwë and Varda upon Oiolossë).
ilúvë                'the whole, the all' in Ilúvatar.
kal' (gal-)        This root, meaning 'shine', appears in Calacirya, Calaquendi, Tar-Calion; galvorn, Gil-galad, Galadriel. The last two names have no connexion with Sindarin galadh tree', although in the case of Galadriel such a connexion was often made, and the name altered to Galadhriel. In the High-elven speech her name was Al(a)táriel, derived from alata 'radiance' (Sindarin galad) and riel 'garlanded maiden' (from a root rig- 'twine, wreathe'): the whole meaning 'maiden crowned with a radiant garland', referring to her hair. calen (galen) 'green' is etymologically 'bright', and derives from this root; see also aglar.
káno                'commander': this Quenya word is the origin of the second element in Fingon and Turgon.
kel-                'go away', of water 'flow away, flow down', in Celon; from et-kele 'issue of water, spring' was derived, with transposition of the consonants, Quenya ehtele, Sindarin eithel.
kemen                'earth' in Kementári; a Quenya word referring to the earth as a flat floor beneath menel, the heavens.
kheliek-                'ice' in Helcar, Helcaraxë (Quenya helka 'icy, ice-cold'). But in Helevorn the first element is Sindarin heledh 'glass', taken from Khuzdul kheled (cf. Kheled-zaram 'Mirrormere'); Helevorn means 'black glass' (cf. galvorn).
khil-                'follow' in Hildor, Hildórien, Eluchíl.
kir-                'cut, cleave' in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith (Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense 'pass swiftly through' was derived Quenya círya 'sharp-prowed ship' (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
lad                'plain, valley' in Dagorlad, Himlad; imlad a narrow valley with steep sides, in Imladris (cf. also Imlad Morgul in the Ephel Dúath).
laure                'gold' (but of light and colour, not of the metal) in Laurelin; the Sindarin forms in Glóredhel, Glorfindel, Loeg Ningloron, Lórindol, Rathlóriel.
lhach                'leaping flame' in Dagor Bragollach, and probably in Anglachel (the sword made by Eöl of meteoric iron).
lin (1)                'pool, mere' in Linaewen (which contains aew [Quenya aiwe] 'small bird'), Teiglin; cf. aelin.
lin- (2)                This root, meaning 'sing, make a musical sound', occurs in Ainulindalë, Laurelin, Lindar, Lindon, Ered Lindon, lómelindi.
lith                'ash' in Anfauglith, Dor-nu-Fauglith; also in Ered Lithui, the Ashen Mountains, forming the northern border of Mordor, and Lithlad 'Plain of Ashes' at the feet of Ered Lithui.
lok-                'bend, loop' in Urulóki (Quenya [h]lókë 'snake, serpent', Sindarin Ihûg).
lóm                'echo' in Dor-lómin, Ered Lómin; related are Lammoth, Lanthir Lamath.
lómë                'dusk' in Lómion, lómelindi; see dú.
londë                'land-locked haven' in Alqualondë; the Sindarin form lond (lonn) in Mithlond.
los                        'snow' in Oiolossë (Quenya oio 'ever' and losse 'snow, snow-white'); Sindarin loss in Amon Uilos and Aeglos.
loth                'flower' in Lothlórien, Nimloth; Quenya lótë in Ninquelótë, Vingilótë.
luin                'blue' in Ered Luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin.
maeg                'sharp, piercing' (Quenya maika) in Maeglin.
mal-                'gold' in Malduin, Malinalda; also in mallorn, and in the Field of Cormallen, which means 'golden circle' and was named from the culumalda trees that grew there (see cul-).
mān-                'good, blessed, unmarred' in Aman, Manwë; derivatives of Aman in Amandil, Araman, Úmanyar.
mel-                'love' in Melian (from Melyanna 'dear gift'); this stem is seen also in the Sindarin word mellon 'friend' in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria.
men                'way' in Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, Formen.
menel                'the heavens' in Meneldil, Menelmacar, Meneltarma.
mereth                'feast' in Mereth Aderthad; also in Merethrond, the Hall of Feasts in Minas Tirith.
minas                'tower' in Annúminas, Minas Anor, Minas Tirith, etc. The same stem. occurs in other words referring to isolated, prominent, things, e.g. Mindolluin, Mindon; probably related is Quenya minya 'first' (cf. Tar-Minyatur, the name of Elros as first King of Númenor).
mîr                'jewel' (Quenya mîrë) in Elemmírë, Gwaith-i-Mírdain, Míriel, Nauglamír, Tar-Atanamir.
mith                'grey' in Mithlond, Mithrandir, Mithrim; also hi Mitheithel, the river Hoarwell in Eriador.
mor                'dark' in Mordor, Morgoth, Moria, Moriquendi, Mormegil, Morwen, etc.
moth                'dusk' in Nan Elmoth.
nan(d)                'valley' in Nan Dungortheb, Nan Elmoth, Nan Tathren.
nár                'fire' in Narsil, Narya; present also in the original forms of Aegnor (Aikanáro 'Sharp Flame' or 'Fell Fire') and Fëanor (Feanaro 'Spirit of Fire'). The Sindarin form was naur, as in Sammath Naur, the Chambers of Fire in Orodruin. Derived from the same ancient root (a)nar was the name of the Sun, Quenya Anar (also in Anárion), Sindarin Anor (cf. Minas Anor, Anorien).
naug                'dwarf' in Naugrim; see also Nogrod in entry groth. Related is another Sindarin word for 'dwarf', nogoth, plural noegyth (Noegyth Nibin 'Petty-dwarves') and nogothrim.
-(n)dil                is a very frequent ending of personal names, Amandil, Eärendil (shortened Eärnil), Elendil, Mardil, etc.; it implies 'devotion', 'disinterested love' (see Mardil in entry bar).
-{n)dur                in names such as Eärendur (shortened Eärnur) is similar in meaning to -(n)dil.
neldor                'beech' in Neldoreth; but it seems that this was properly the name of Hírilorn, the great beech-tree with three trunks (nelde 'three' and orn).
nen                'water', used of lakes, pools, and lesser rivers, in Nen Girith, Nenning, Nenuial, Nenya; Cuiviénen, Uinen; also in many names in The Lord of the Rings, as Nen Hithoel, Bruinen, Emyn Arnen, Núrnen. Nîn 'wet' in Loeg Ningloron; also in Nindalf.
nim                'white' (from earlier nimf, nimp) in Nimbrethil, Nimloth, Nimphelos, niphredil (niphred 'pallor'), Barad Nimras, Ered Nimrais. The Quenya form was ninque; thus Ninquelótë=Nimloth. Cf. also Taniquetil.
orn                'tree' in Celeborn, Hírilorn; cf. Fangorn 'Treebeard' and mallorn, plural mellyrn, the trees of Lothlórien.
orod                'mountain' in Orodruin, Thangorodrim; Orocarni, Oromet. Plural ered in Ered Engrin, Ered Lindon, etc.
os(t)                'fortress' in Angrenost, Belegost, Formenos, Fornost, Mandos, Nargothrond (from Narog-ost-rond), Os(t)giliaih, Ost-in-Edhil.
palan                (Quenya) 'far and wide' in Palantíri, Tar-Palantir.
pel-                'go round, encircle' in Pelargir, Pelóri, and in the Pelennor, the 'fenced land' of Minas Tirith; also in Ephel Brandir, Ephel Dúath (ephel from et-pel 'outer fence').
quen- (quet-)        'say, speak' in Quendi (Calaquendi, Laiquendi, Moriquendi), Quenya, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion. The Sindarin forms have p (or b) for qu; e.g. pedo 'speak' in the inscription on the West-gate of Moria, corresponding to the Quenya stem quet; and Gandalf's words before the gate, lasto beth lammen 'listen to the words of my tongue', where beth 'word' corresponds to Quenya quetta.
ram                'wall' (Quenya ramba) in Andram, Ramdal; also in Rammas Echor, the wall about the Pelennor Fields at Minas Tirith.
ran-                'wander, stray' in Rána, the Moon, and in Mithrandir, Aerandir; also in the river Gilraen in Gondor.
rant                'course' in the river-names Adurant (with adu 'double') and Celebrant ('Silverlode').
ras                'horn' in Barad Nimras, also in Caradhras ('Redhorn') and Methedras ('Last Peak') in the Misty Mountains; plural rais in Ered Nimrais.
rauko                'demon' in Valaraukar; Sindarin raug, rog in Balrog.
ril                        'brilliance' in Idril, Silmaril; also in Anduril (the sword of Aragorn) and in mithril (Moria-silver). Idril's name in Quenya form was Itarillë (or Itarildë), from a stem ita- 'sparkle'.
rim                        'great number, host' (Quenya rimbл) was commonly used to form collective plurals, as Golodhrim, Mithrim (see the Index), Naugrim, Thangorodrim, etc.
ring                'cold, chill' in Ringil, Ringwil, Himring; also in the river Ringló in Gondor, and in Ringarë, Quenya name of the last month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
ris                        'cleave' appears to have blended with the stem kris- of similar meaning (a derivative of the root kir- 'cleave, cut', q.v.); hence Angrist (also Orcrist 'Orc-cleaver', the sword of Thorin Oakenshield), Crissaegrim, Imladris.
roch                'horse' (Quenya rokko) in Rochallor, Rohan (from Rochand 'land of horses'), Rohirrim; also in Roheryn 'horse of the lady' (cf. heru), Aragorn's horse, which was so called because given to him by Arwen (The Return of the King V 2).
rom-                A stem used of the sound of trumpets and horns which appears in Oromë and Valaróma; cf. Béma, the name of this Vala in the language of Rohan as translated into Anglo-Saxon in The Lord of the Rings Appendix A (II): Anglo-Saxon bēme 'trumpet'.
romen                'uprising, sunrise, east' (Quenya) in Romenna. The Sindarin words for 'east', rhûn (in Talath Rhunen) and amrûn, were of the same origin.
rond                meant a vaulted or arched roof, or a large hall or chamber so roofed; so Nargothrond (see ost), Hadhodrond, Aglarond. It could be applied to the heavens, hence the name Elrond 'star-dome'.
ros                        'foam, spindrift, spray' in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
ruin                'red flame' (Quenya runya) in Orodruin.
ruth                'anger' in Aranrúth.
sarn                '(small) stone' in Sarn Athrad (Sarn Ford on the Brandywine is a half-translation of this); also in Sarn Gebir ('stone-spikes': ceber, plural cebir 'stakes'), rapids in the river Anduin. A derivative is Serni, a river in Gondor.
sereg                'blood' (Quenya serke) in seregon.
sil-                (and variant thil-) 'shine (with white or silver light)' in Belthil, Galathilion, Silpion, and in Quenya Isil, Sindarin Ithil, the Moon (whence Isildur, Narsil; Minas Ithil, Ithilien). The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance from which they were made.
sîr                        'river', from root sir- 'flow', in Ossiriand (the first element is from the stem of the numeral 'seven', Quenya otso, Sindarin odo), Sirion; also in Sirannon (the 'Gate-stream' of Moria) and Sirith ('a flowing', as tirith 'watching' from tir), a river in Gondor. With change of s to h in the middle of words it is present in Minhiriath 'between the rivers', the region between the Brandywine and the Greyflood; in Nanduhirion 'vale of dim streams', the Dimrill Dale (see nan[d] and dú), and in Ethir Anduin, the outflow or delta of Anduin (from et-sir).
sûl                        'wind' in Amon Sûl, Súlimo; cf. súlimë, Quenya name of the third month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).
tal (dal)                'foot' in Celebrindal, and with the meaning 'end'  in Ramdal.
talath                'flat lands, plain' in Talath Dirnen, Talath Rhunen.
tar-                'high' (Quenya tára 'lofty'), prefix of the Quenya names of the Númenórean Kings; also in Annatar. Feminine tári 'she that is high, Queen' in Elentári, Kementári. Cf. tarma 'pillar' in Meneltarma.
tathar                'willow'; adjective tathren in Nan-tathren; Quenya tasare in Tasarinan, Nan-tasarion (see Nan-tathren in the Index).
taur                'wood, forest' (Quenya taure) in Tauron, Taur-im-Duinath, Taur-nu-Fuin.
tel-                'finish, end, be last' in Teleri.
thalion                'strong, dauntless' in Cúthalion, Thalion.
thong                'oppression' in Thangorodrim, also in Durthang (a castle in Mordor). Quenya sanga meant 'press, throng', whence Sangahyando 'Throng-cleaver', name of a man in Gondor (The Lord of the Rings Appendix A [I, iv]).
thar-                'athwart, across' in Sarn Athrad, Thargelion; also in Tharbad (from thara-pata 'crossway*) where the ancient road from Arnor and Gondor crossed the Grey-flood.
thaur                'abominable, abhorrent' in Sauron (from Thauron), Gorthaur.
thin(d)                'grey' in Thingol; Quenya sinda in Sindar, Singollo (Sindacollo: collo 'cloak').
thôl                'helm' in Dor Cúarthol, Gorthol.
thon                'pine-tree' in Dorthonion.
thoron                'eagle' in Thorondor (Quenya Sorontar), Cirith Thoronath. The Quenya form is perhaps present in the constellation-name Soronúmë.
til                        'point, horn' in Taniquetil, Tilion ('the Horned'); also in Celebdil 'Silvertine', one of the Mountains of Moria.
tin-                'sparkle' (Quenya tinta 'cause to sparkle', tinwe 'spark') in Tintallë; also in tindómë 'starry twilight' (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D), whence tindómerel 'daughter of the twilight', a poetic name for the nightingale (Sindarin Tinúviel). It appears also in Sindarin ithildin 'starmoon', the substance of which the devices on the West-gate of Moria were made.
tir                        'watch, watch over' in Minas Tirith, palantíri, Tar-Palantir, Tirion.
tol                        'isle' (rising with sheer sides from the sea or from a river) in Tol Eressëa, Tol Galen, etc.
turn                'valley' in Tumhalad, Tumladen; Quenya tumbo (cf. Treebeard's tumbalemorna 'lack deep valley'. The Two Towers III 4). Cf. Utumno, Sindarin Udûn (Gandalf in Mordor named the Balrog 'Flame of Udûn'), a name afterwards used of the deep dale in Moria between the Morannon and the Isenmouths.
tur                        'power, mastery' in Turambar, Turgon, Túrin, Fëanturi, Tar-'Minyatur.
uial                'twilight' in Aelin-uial, Nenuial.
ur-                        'heat, be hot' in Urulóki; cf. Urimë and Urui, Quenya and Sindarin names of the eighth month of the year (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D). Related is the Quenya word aure 'sunlight, day' (cf. Fingon's cry 'before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad), Sindarin aur, which in the form Or- is prefixed to the names of the days of the week.
val-                'power' in Valar, Valacirca, Valaquenta, Valaraukar, Val(i)mar, Valinor. The original stem was bal-, preserved in Sindarin Balan, plural Belain, the Valar, and in Balrog.
wen                'maiden' is a frequent ending, as in Eärwen, Morwen.
wing                'foam, spray' in Elwing, Vingilot (and only in these two names).
yave                'fruit' (Quenya) in Yavanna; cf. Yavannie, Quenya name of the ninth month of the year, and yavie 'autumn' (The Lord of the Rings Appendix D).

人家托老可是语言学家啊，哈哈，这些都是宝啊

后面加个注解比较好

晕，这不就是The Silmallion的附录么= =

好多26个字母啊:@

:@ 晕吐血了！

头疼。。。。怎么都是鸟文