Unfinished Tales

by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Celebrían Daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, wedded to Elrond.

  Celebrimbor ‘Hand of Silver’, greatest of the smiths of Eregion, maker of the Three Rings of the Elves; slain by Sauron.

  Celebros ‘Silver Foam’ or ‘Silver Rain’, a stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings.

  Celegorm The third son of Fëanor.

  Celon River in East Beleriand, rising in the Hill of Himring.

  Celos One of the rivers of Lebennin in Gondor; tributary of the Sirith. (‘The name must be derived from the root kelu- “flow out swiftly”, formed with an ending -sse, -ssa, seen in Quenya kelussë “freshet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring”.’)

  Ceorl Rider of Rohan who brought news of the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen.

  Cerin Amroth ‘Amroth’s Mound’ in Lórien.

  Cermië Quenya name of the seventh month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to July.

  Children of Aulë The Dwarves.

  Children of Earth Elves and Men.

  Children of Ilúvatar Elves and Men. The Elder Children, Elves.

  Children of the World Elves and Men.

  Circles of the World .

  Círdan Called ‘the Shipwright’; Telerin Elf, ‘Lord of the Havens’ of the Falas; at their destruction 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.

  Cirion Twelfth Ruling Steward of Gondor, who granted Calenardhon to the Rohirrim after the Battle of the Field of Celebrant in Third Age 2510. Chronicle of, Tale of, Cirion and Eorl. Oath of Cirion; words of the oath.

  *Cirith Dúath ‘Shadow Cleft’, former name of Cirith Ungol.

  *Cirith Forn en Andrath ‘The High-climbing Pass of the North’ over the Misty Mountains east of Rivendell. Called the High Pass and the Pass of Imladris.

  Cirith Ninniach ‘Rainbow Cleft’, name given by Tuor to the ravine leading from the western hills of Dor-lómin to the Firth of Drengist.

  Cirith Ungol ‘Spider’s Cleft’, pass over the Ephel Dúath above Minas Morgul. See Cirith Dúath.

  *Ciryatur Númenórean admiral commanding the fleet sent by Tar-Minastir to the aid of Gil-galad against Sauron.

  Ciryon Third son of Isildur, slain at the Gladden Fields.

  Common Speech See Westron.

  Corsairs of Umbar See Umbar.

  Cotton, Farmer Tolman Cotton, Hobbit of Bywater.

  Council of Elrond Council held at Rivendell before the departure of the Fellowship of the Ring.

  Council, The In various references: the Council of the Sceptre (the King’s Council of Númenor; the Council of Gondor; the White Council.

  Crissaegrim The mountain-peaks south of Gondolin, where were the eyries of Thorondor.

  Crossings, The See Teiglin. Cuiviénen ‘Water of Awakening’, the lake in Middle-earth where the first Elves awoke.

  Curufin The fifth son of Fëanor, father of Celebrimbor.

  *Curumo The name of Curunír (Saruman) in Quenya.

  Curunír ‘The one of cunning devices’, Sindarin name of Saruman; also Curunír’ Lân, Saruman the White. See Curumo.

  Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’, see Beleg.

  Daeron Minstrel of Doriath; enamoured of Lúthien and twice betrayed her; friend (or kinsman) of Saeros.

  Dagor Bragollach ‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’ (also simply the Bragollach), fourth of the great battles in the Wars of Beleriand, in which the Siege of Angband was ended.

  *Dagor Dagorath .

  Dagorlad ‘Battle Plain’, east of Emyn Muil and near the Dead Marshes, site of the great battle between Sauron and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the end of the Second Age. Battle of Dagorlad. Later battles on the Dagorlad: the victory in Third Age 1899 of King Calimehtar over the Wainriders, the defeat and death of King Ondoher in Third Age 1944.

  Dáin Ironfoot Lord of the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, afterwards King under the Mountain; slain in the Battle of Dale.

  Dale Country of the Bardings about the feet of Mount Erebor, allied with the Kingdom of the Dwarves under the Mountain. See Battle of Dale.

  Dark Elves See Avari.

  *Dark Lands Term for Middle-earth in Númenor.

  Dark Lord Morgoth, Sauron.

  Dark Plague See Great Plague.

  Dark Power See Sauron.

  Dark Years The years of the dominion of Sauron in the Second Age.

  Dead Marshes Wide stagnant marshes south-east of Emyn Muil, in which the slain of the Battle of Dagorlad were seen. Dead Men of Dunharrow See Dunharrow.

  D Éagol A Stoor of the Vales of Anduin, finder of the One Ring.

  *Deeping, The Apparently synonymous with Deeping-coomb.

  Deeping-coomb The valley leading up to Helm’s Deep.

  *Deeping-road Road running northwards from the Deepingcoomb to join the Great Road east of the Fords of Isen. (cf. ‘the branch going to the Hornburg’.)

  Deeping-stream Stream flowing out of Helm’s Deep down into Westfold.

  *Deer’s Leap See Cabed-en-Aras.

  Denethor (1) Leader of the Nandorin Elves that came over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand; slain on Amon Ereb in the First Battle of Beleriand.

  Denethor (2) Twenty-sixth and last Ruling Steward of Gondor, the second of the name; Lord of Minas Tirith at the time of the War of the Ring; father of Boromir and Faramir.

  D Éor Seventh King of Rohan.

  Dimbar The land between the rivers Sirion and Mindeb.

  Dimrill Dale See Nanduhirion. Dimrost The falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil, afterwards called Nen Girith; translated the Rainy Stair.

  Dior Thingol’s Heir Son of Beren and Lúthien; King of Doriath after Thingol; possessor of the Silmaril; slain by the Sons of Fëanor.

  Dírhavel Man of Dor-lómin, author of the Narn i Hîn Húrin. *dírnaith Wedge-shaped battle-formation used by the Dúnedain.

  Dol Amroth Stronghold on a promontory of Belfalas, named after Amroth King of Lórien. With reference to the Lords or Princes of Dol Amroth. See Angelimar, Adrahil, Imrahil.

  Dol Baran ‘Gold-brown Hill’, a hill at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, where Peregrin Took looked into the palantír of Orthanc.

  Dol Guldur ‘Hill of Sorcery’, a treeless height in the south-west of Mirkwood, fastness of the Necromancer before he was revealed as Sauron returned. See Amon Lanc.

  Dor-Cúarthol ‘Land of Bow and Helm’, name of the country defended by Beleg and Túrin from their lair on Amon Rûdh.

  Dor-en-Ernil ‘Land of the Prince’, in Gondor west of the river Gilrain.

  Doriath ‘Land of the Fence’ (Dor Iâth), referring to the Girdle of Melian; the kingdom of Thingol and Melian in the forests of Neldoreth and Region, ruled from Menegroth on the river Esgalduin. Called the Guarded Realm and the Hidden Kingdom.

  Dorlas Man of Brethil; went with Túrin and Hunthor to the attack on Glaurung, but withdrew in fear; slain by Brandir. Wife of Dorlas. 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. Mountains of Dor-lómin, that part of Ered Wethrin that formed the southern fence of Hithlum. Lady of Dor-lómin, Morwen; Lord of Dor-lómin, Húrin, Túrin. Dragon of Dor-lómin, see Dragon-helm.

  Dorthonion ‘Land of Pines’, the great forested highlands on the northern borders of Beleriand, afterwards called Taur-nu-Fuin.

  Downfall (of Númenor) .

  Downs, The Referring to the White Downs in the Westfarthing of the Shire.

  Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin Heirloom of the House of Hador, worn by Túrin. Dragon of Dor-lómin; Dragonhead of the North; Helm of Hador.

  Dragon, The See Glaurung, Smaug.

  *Dramborleg The great axe of Tuor, preserved in Númenor.

  Drengist, Firth of Drengist The long firth piercing Ered Lómin, between Lammoth and Nevrast.

  Drúadan
Forest Forest in Anórien at the eastern end of Ered Nimrais, where a remnant of the Druédain or ‘Wild Men’ survived in the Third Age. See Tawar-in-Drúedain.

  *Drúath The Drúedain. (Singular Drû, plural also Drúin; Sindarin forms derived from the native name Drughu). See Róg, Rú.

  *Drúedain Sindarin name (from Drû +adan, plural edain) of the ‘Wild Men’ of Ered Nimrais (and of the Forest of Brethil in the First Age). Called Wild Men; Woses; and see Púkel-men.

  *Drûg(s), Drû(g)-folk The Drúedain. *Drúwaith Iaur ‘The old wilderness of the Drû-folk’ in the mountainous promontory of Andrast. Called the Old Pûkel-wilderness and Old Púkel-land.

  Dry River The bed of the river that once flowed out from the Encircling Mountains to join Sirion; forming the entrance to Gondolin.

  Dúnedain (Singular Dúnadan). ‘The Edain of the West’, the Númenóreans. Star of the Dúnedain.

  Dungortheb For Nan Dungortheb, ‘Valley of Dreadful Death’, between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the Girdle of Melian.

  Dunharrow Fortified refuge in Ered Nimrais above Harrow-dale, approached by a climbing road at each turn of which were set the statues called Púkel-men. Dead Men of Dun-harrow, Men of Ered Nimrais who were cursed by Isildur for breaking their oath of allegiance to him.

  Dúnhere Rider of Rohan, Lord of Harrowdale; fought at the Fords of Isen and at the Pelennor Fields, where he was slain.

  Dunland A country about the west-skirts of the Misty Mountains at their far southern end, inhabited by the Dunlendings.

  Dunlendings Inhabitants of Dunland, remnants of an old race of Men that once lived in the valleys of Ered Nimrais; akin to the Dead Men of Dunharrow and to the Bree-landers. The Dunlending, Saruman’s agent, the ‘squint-eyed southerner’ in the inn at Bree. Adjectives Dunlending, and Dunlendish.

  Durin I Eldest of the the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. Heir of Durin, Thorin Oakenshield. Durin’s Folk; Durin’s House, House of Durin.

  Durin III King of Durin’s Folk in Khazad-dûm at the time of Sauron’s assault on Eregion.

  Dwarf-road (i) The road leading down into Beleriand from Nogrod and Belegost and crossing Gelion at Sarn Athrad. (ii) Translating Men-i-Naugrim, a name of the Old Forest Road (see Roads).

  Dwarves . See Petty-dwarves.

  *Dweller in the Deep, of the Deep See Ulmo. Dwimordene ‘Phantom-vale’, name of Lórien among the Rohirrim.

  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.

  Eagles Of the Crissaegrim. Of Númenor (see Witnesses of Manwë). With reference to Gwaihir, who rescued Gandalf from Orthan.

  *Eambar Ship built by Tar-Aldarion for his dwelling-place, on which was the Guildhouse of the Venturers. (The name doubtless means ‘Sea-dwelling’.)

  Eärendil Son of Tuor and Idril Turgon’s daughter, born in Gondolin; wedded Elwing daughter of Dior Thingol’s Heir; father of Elrond and Elros; sailed with Elwing to Aman and pleaded for help against Morgoth (see 201); set to sail the skies in his ship Vingilot bearing the Silmaril of Lúthien (the Star). The Stone of Eärendil, the Elessar,

  *Eärendur (1) Younger brother of Tar-Elendil, born in the year 361 of the Second Age.

  Eärendur (2) Fifteenth Lord of Andúnië, brother of Lindórië, grand-mother of Tar-Palantir.

  Eärnil II Thirty-second King of Gondor, victor over the Haradrim and the Wainriders in Third Age 1944.

  Eärnur Thirty-third and last King of Gondor; died in Minas Morgul.

  Eärwen Daughter of King Olwë of Alqualondë, wife of Finarfin, and mother of Finrod, Orodreth, Angrod, Aegnor, and Galadriel.

  *East Bight The great indentation in the eastern border of Mirkwood. See Narrows of the Forest.

  Easterlings (i) In the First Age, Men who entered Beleriand in the time after the Dagor Bragollach, fought on both sides in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and were afterwards given Hithlum as a dwelling-place by Morgoth, where they oppressed the remnant of the People of Hador. Called in Hithlum Incomers. (ii) In the Third Age, a general term for the waves of Men driving in upon Gondor from the eastern regions of Middle-earth (see Wainriders, Balchoth).

  Eastfold A part of Rohan on the northern slopes of Ered Nimrais, east of Edoras. (The element fold is derived from Anglo-Saxon folde ‘earth, ground, land, region’, as also in The Folde. )

  East -mark The eastern half of Rohan in the military organisation of the Rohirrim, bounded from the West-mark by the Snowbourn and the Entwash. Marshal of the East-mark; Muster of the East-mark.

  East Road, East-West Road See Roads.

  *Echad i Sedryn ‘Camp of the Faithful’, name given to the refuge of Túrin and Beleg on Amon Rûdh.

  Echoing Mountains See Ered Lómin.

  Echoriath The mountains encircling Tumladen, the plain of Gondolin. Ered en Echoriath; the Encircling Mountains; Mountains of Turgon.

  Ecthelion (1) Elf of Gondolin, called Lord of the Fountains and Warden of the Great Gate.

  Ecthelion (2) Twenty-fifth Ruling Steward of Gondor, the second of the name; father of Denethor II.

  Edain (Singular Adan). The Men of the Three Houses of the Elf-friends (Quenya Atani). See Adanedhel, Drúedain, Dúnedain.

  *Edhellond The ‘Elf-haven’ in Belfalas near the confluence of the rivers Morthond and Ringló, north of Dol Amroth. Called Amroth’s haven.

  *Edhelrim, Eledhrim ‘The Elves’; Sindarin edhel, eledh and collective plural ending rim (see Appendix to The Simarillion, entry êl, elen).

  Edoras ‘The Courts’, name in the Mark-speech of the royal town of Rohan on the northern edge of Ered Nimrais. Muster of Edoras.

  Egalmoth Eighteenth Ruling Steward of Gondor.

  Eglarest The southernmost of the Havens of the Falas on the coast of Beleriand.

  Eilenach Second of the beacons of Gondor in Ered Nimrais, the highest point of the Drúadan Forest.

  *Eilenaer Pre-Númenórean name (related to Eilenach)of Amon Anwar (Halifirien).

  Eithel Sirion ‘Sirion’s Well’, in the eastern face of Ered Wethrin; used with reference to the Noldorin fortress (Barad Eithel) at that place.

  *eket Short broad-bladed sword.

  elanor (1) A small golden star-shaped flower that grew both in Tol Eressëa and in Lothlórien.

  Elanor (2) Daughter of Samwise Gamgee, named after the flower.

  *Elatan of Andúnië Númenórean, husband of Silmarien, father of Valandil first Lord of Andúnië.

  *Eldalondë ‘Haven of the Eldar’ in the Bay of Eldanna at the mouth of the river Nunduinë in Númenor; called ‘the Green’.

  *Eldanna Great bay in the west of Númenor, so called ‘because it faced towards Eressëa’ (i.e. Elda(r)+suffix -(n)na of movement towards, cf. Elenna, Rómenna).

  Eldar The Elves of the Three Kindreds (Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri). Eldarin (tongues). Elves of Beleriand, Elves of Eressëa; in many other passages Elves used alone implies Eldar.

  Elder Children See Children of Ilúvatar.

  Elder King See Manwë. (Title claimed by Morgoth.)

  *Eledhrim See Edhelrim. Eledhwen Name of Morwen.

  *Elemmakil Elf of Gondolin, captain of the guard of the outer gate.

  Elendil Son of Amandil, last Lord of Andúnië, descended from Eärendil and Elwing but not of the direct line of the Kings of Númenor; 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 otherthrow of Sauron at the end of the Second Age. Called the Tall and the Faithful (Voronda). Heir(s) of Elendil, House of Elendil. Star of Elendil, see Elendilmir. The Elendil Stone, the palantír of Emyn Beraid.

  Elendilmir The white gem borne as the token of royalty on the brows of the Kings of Arnor (for the two jewels of this name). Star of Elendil, Star of the North, of the North-kingdom.

  Elendur Eldest son of Isildur, slain at the Gladden Fields.

  *Elenna-nórë ‘The land named Starwards’, Númenor; f
uller form of the name Elenna found in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings.

  *Elentirmo ‘Star-watcher’, name of Tar-Meneldur.

  Elenwë Wife of Turgon; perished in the crossing of the Helcaraxë.

  Elessar (1) A great green jewel of healing power made in Gondolin for Idril Turgon’s daughter, who gave it to Eärendil her son; the Elessar that Arwen gave to Aragorn being either Eärendil’s jewel returned or another.. The Stone of Eärendil, the Elfstone.

  Elessar (2) The name foretold for Aragorn by Olórin, and the name in which he became King of the reunited realm. The Elfstone.

  *Elestirnë See Tar-Elestirnë.

  Elf-friends see Atani, Edain.

  Elfhelm Rider of Rohan; with Grimbold leader of the Rohirrim at the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen; routed the invaders of Anórien; under King Éomer Marshal of the East-mark.

  Elfstone See Elessar (1) and (2).

  Elfwine the Fair Son of Éomer King of Rohan and Lothíriel, daughter of Imrahil Prince of Dol Amroth.

  *Elmo Elf of Doriath, younger brother of Elwë (Thingol) and Olwë of Alqualondë; according to one account grandfather of Celeborn.

  Elostirion Tallest of the White Towers on Emyn Beraid, in which was placed the palantír called the Elendil Stone.

  Elrond Son of Eärendil and Elwing, brother of Elros Tar-Minyatur; 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, and keeper of Vilya, the Ring of Air, which he received from Gil-galad.. Called Half-elven. See Council of Elrond.

  Elros Son of Eärendil and Elwing, brother of Elrond; at the end of the First Age chose to be numbered among Men, and became the first King of Númenor, called Tar-Minyatur. The Line of Elros, descendants of Elros.

  Elu Thingol Sindarin form of Elwë Singollo. See Thingol.

  Elves’ New Year .

  Elwë see Thingol.

  Elwing Daughter of Dior Thingol’s Heir, who escaping from Doriath with the Silmaril wedded Eärendil at the Mouths of Sirion and went with him to Aman; mother of Elrond and Elros.

  *Emerië Region of sheep pasturage in the Mittalmar (Inlands) of Númenor. The White Lady of Emerië, Erendis.

  *Emerwen (Aranel) ‘(Princess) Shepherdess’, name given to Tar-Ancalimë in her youth.