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...
Alphabet of Daeron, Aman, Amanyar, Ancient Speech, Ancient Tongue, Angband, Angrod, Apanónar, Aredhel Ar-Feiniel, Aulë, Aulendil, Awakening of Men, Balrogs, Barad Eithel, Battle of the Haven, [See the full list...]Battle-under-Stars, Bay of Elvenhome, Belegurth, Borlach, Borlad, Calaquendi, Caverns of Narog, Celeborn, Curse of Mandos, Curufinwë, Dagor Aglareb, Dagor Bragollach, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dark Enemy, Dark King, Dark Lord, Dark Power of the North, Darkening of Valinor, Deep Elves, Doom of Mandos, Doom of the Noldor, Doom of the Valar, Downfall of Melkor, Dwarves, Eärwen, Edhelrim, Eldar, Eldar of Eressëa, Eldar of Valinor, Elemmakil, Elendë, Elenwë, Elf-kings, Elven-kings, Elven-wise, Elves, Elves of Beleriand, Elves of Eregion, Elves of Eressëa, Elves of Gondolin, Elves of Middle-earth, Elves of Mithrim, Elves of the Falas, Elves of the Light, Elves of the West, Elves of Valinor, Elvish, Elvish World, Ered Lómin, Ereinion Gil-galad, Exile of the Noldor, Exiles, Fair Elves, Falathrim, Fall of the Noldor, Falmari, Fëanor, Fëanorian Lamps, Fëanorians, Fifth Battle, Finarfin, Fingon, First Age, First Battle, Flight of the Noldor, Forsaken Elves, Friend of the Noldor, Galadriel, Gate of the Noldor, Gelmir, Gildor Inglorion, Glaurung, Glingal, Glorious Battle, Golodhrim, Golug, Gondolin, Gothmog, Great Journey, Green-elves, Grey-elves of Mithrim, Grinding Ice, Grond, Gwindor, Hador, Hareth, Heart of Fire, Hells of Iron, High Elves, High Faroth, High King of the Noldor, High Seat of Vinyamar, High Speech, Himlad, Hísilómë, House of Fëanor, House of Finarfin, Isle of Balar, Jewels of Fëanor, Khazad-dûm, King of the Noldor, King of the North, Lake Mithrim, Land of Mist, Land of the Elves, Lenwë, Light of the Trees, Light-elves, Lindar, Lindon, Long Peace, Longbeards, Lord of Beleriand, Loremasters, Maedhros, Mahtan, Men, Mereth Aderthad, Middle-earth, Mindon Eldaliéva, Mírdain, Mithril, Morgoth, Mountains of Aman, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Noldo, Noldor of Eregion, Noldor of Gondolin, Nómin, Nulukkizdîn, Nurtalë Valinóreva, Oath of Fëanor, Oiomúrë, Outer Lands, People of the Stars, Prophecy of the North, Queen of Elves and Men, Quenya, Rainbow Cleft, Rána, Return of the Noldor, Rings of Power, Sea-elves, Second Battle, Siege of Angband, Silmarils, Silver-foot, Sindar, Sindar of Nevrast, Sindarin, Sons of Fëanor, Spear of Gil-galad, Tar-Anárion, Tareldar, Teleri of Valinor, The Black, The Dark, The Dispossessed, The Maker, The Moon, The Seen, The Singers, The Valiant, The Wayward, The Wise, Third Battle, Third Clan, Third Gate, Three Houses of the Edain, Three Kindreds, Tirion, Tower of Ingwë, Tree of Tirion, Túna, Turgon, Ulmo, Unchaining of Melkor, Union of Maedhros, Unrest of the Noldor, Vása, War of the Jewels, War of Wrath, Wars of Beleriand, Water of Awakening, White Lady of Gondolin, White Lady of the Noldor, Wild Elves, Wolfhounds, Year of Lamentation, Years of the Trees
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