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Dates
Túrin used this name for several years before the Sack of Nargothrond in I 495
Location
Nargothrond on the River Narog
Race
Men
Division
Edain
Culture
Nargothrond
Family
House of Hador
Pronunciation
ada'nethel ('th' as in 'rather')
Meaning
A combination of the Elvish words adan 'Man' and edhel 'Elf'
Other names
Agarwaen, Bloodstained, Dread Helm, Gorthol, Neithan, Mormegil, Túrin, Wildman of the Woods, The Wronged

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  • Updated 5 August 2007
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Adanedhel

The Elf-Man of Nargothrond

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Húrin Thalion
Morwen Eledhwen
Niënor Níniel
ADANEDHEL
Túrin Turambar
Lalaith
Niënor Níniel

Túrin the son of Húrin, though a Man, was raised from childhood in the halls of King Thingol of Doriath. When, later in his life, he went to dwell among the Elves of Nargothrond, they recognised the nobility he had learned in Thingol's kingdom, and gave him the name Adanedhel, meaning 'Elf-Man'.


See also...

Elf-Man, Nellas, Thurin

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