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Dates
Properly, the period to the end of the First Age (though sometimes used of the Second and Third Ages, too)
Meaning
Former, ancient times1
Other names
Properly equivalent to the Eldest Days, the First Age

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Elder Days

The ancient days of Middle-earth

Strictly, the time before the War of Wrath (that is, the days before the end of the First Age). The term is sometimes expanded to include the Second and Third Ages.


Notes

1

The use of the word 'Elder' is apparently meant to evoke the notion of ancient ancestors, too, as for example in archaic English eldern dawes, meaning 'days of our forefathers'.

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  • Updated 17 December 2005
  • Updates planned: 9

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