Race
Pronunciation
Originally ngo'ldorr, but later no'ldorr1
Meaning
Approximately 'Those with knowledge'
Other Names
Note
Noldor is a plural term; the rarely used singular form is Noldo, and the adjective for these people is Noldorin.
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Noldor
The followers of Finwë
The division of the Elves that followed Finwë as their lord. In the long march from Cuiviénen to the western shores of Middle-earth, they were the second great host. When they reached Valinor, they learned much from Aulë the Smith, and were accounted the greatest of the Elves in matters of lore and craft.
They dwelt in Aman for many Ages, but after the Darkening of Valinor many of the Noldor forsook the Undying Lands and returned in exile to Middle-earth in pursuit of Melkor. Melkor had slain Finwë and stolen the Silmarils, the work of Fëanor, the greatest craftsman of that people, and the Noldor returned to make war on him until he gave up the Great Jewels.
Notes
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The original pronunciation of the name - the one that would presumably have been used by the Noldor themselves - started with a 'ng' sound, like that in the middle of the English word 'finger'. By the Third Age, this had apparently evolved into a simple 'n' sound. |
See also...
Aman, Angband, Angrod, Apanónar, Aulë, Aulendil, Awakening of Men, Balrogs, Barad Eithel, Bay of Elvenhome, Borlach, Borlad, Borthand, Calaquendi, Celeborn, [See the full list...]Curufinwë, Dagor Aglareb, Dagor Bragollach, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dark Lord, Deep Elves, Doom of Mandos, Doom of the Noldor, Doom of the Valar, Dwarves, Eldar, Elemmakil, Elendë, Elenwë, Elf-kings, Elves, Elves of Eressëa, Elves of Gondolin, Elves of Middle-earth, Elves of the Falas, Elves of the Light, Elves of the West, Elves of Valinor, Ered Lómin, Ereinion Gil-galad, Exile of the Noldor, Exiles, Falathrim, Fall of the Noldor, Falmari, Fëanor, Fëanorian Lamps, Finarfin, Fingon, First Age, First Battle, Flight of the Noldor, Galadriel, Gate of the Noldor, Gelmir of Angrod’s People, Gildor Inglorion, Glaurung, Golodhrim, Golug, Gondolin, Gothmog, Great Journey, Green-elves, Gwindor, Hador, Heart of Fire, High Elves, High Faroth, High King of the Noldor, High Seat of Vinyamar, Hísilómë, House of Fëanor, House of Finarfin, Isle of Balar, Jewels of Fëanor, Khazad-dûm, Lake Mithrim, Light-elves, Lindon, Longbeards, Lord of Beleriand, Maedhros, Mahtan, Men, Mereth Aderthad, Middle-earth, Mindon Eldaliéva, Mithril, Morgoth, Mountains of Aman, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Noldo, Noldor of Eregion, Nómin, Nulukkizdîn, Nurtalë Valinóreva, Oath of Fëanor, Quenya, Rána, Return of the Noldor, Rings of Power, Second Age, Siege of Angband, Silmarils, Sindar, Sindarin, Sons of Fëanor, Spear of Gil-galad, Teleri of Valinor, The Moon, The Wayward, Three Kindreds, Tirion, Túna, Turgon, Ulmo, Vása, War of the Jewels, War of Wrath, Wars of Beleriand, White Lady of Gondolin, White Lady of the Noldor, Year of Lamentation, Years of the Trees
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