King Ciryandil of Gondor is slain in the siege, Ciryaher takes the throne. 1050 Ciryaher conquers Harad and takes the name of Hyarmendacil meaning South-victor. Gondor reaches the height of its power. The Harfoots cross the Misty Mountains into Eriador. Sauron takes up abode at...
The name Lúthien means "Daughter of Flowers", from the Sindarin luth (derived from loth), meaning "flower".[5] In Doriathrin, Luthien (or in Noldorin, Lhūthien) means "enchantress", derived from luktiēnē ("enchantress").[6] Lúthien may have been derived from the Old English word...
[8] The Sindar Elves in Beleriand called him Gorthaur, meaning "dread abomination",[9] while others of the Eldar had named him Sauron, meaning "the abhorred" or "the abominable" (a mockery of his original name). Under Sauron's regency, Angband was almost ready by YT 1495,[6] with ...
The word Mediterranean comes from two Latin stems, medi- , amidst, and terra, (earth/land), meaning "the sea placed at the middle of the Earth / amidst the lands". Middangeard occurs six times in Beowulf, which Tolkien translated and on which he was arguably the world's foremost ...
Galadriel is the Sindarin translation of Telerin Quenya Alatáriel, the name given her by Celeborn, meaning "maiden crowned with a garland of bright radiance" in reference to her hair. The name Galadhriel was used outside Lórien by the people who did not know the ancient days and ...