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Origins
Telerin Elves who remained in Beleriand
Race
Elves
Meaning
'Grey' from the surname of their King, Thingol Greycloak1
Other names
Edhel, Eglath, Elves of the Twilight, Forsaken Elves, Forsaken People, Sindar

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Grey-elves

A name for the Sindar

The Sindar; those of the Teleri who remained in Beleriand when their kin travelled across the Great Sea.


Notes

1

Though Tolkien doesn't state this explicitly, 'grey' here clearly has a secondary meaning related to 'twilight'. With the unique exception of Thingol himself, the Grey-elves are technically Dark Elves, Moriquendi, but they are also Eldar of the Great Journey who almost came to the Blessed Realm, and who spent millennia with a Maia as their Queen. Of all the Elven kinds who remained in Middle-earth, the Grey-elves were the highest: it was partly for this reason that they are normally called 'Elves of the Twilight' rather than 'Dark Elves'.

See also...

Ancient Tongue, Androth, Angrod, Aranwë, Dark Lord, Edhelrim, Eldar of Hithlum, Elu Thingol, Elven-cloaks, Elves, Elves of Beleriand, Elves of Doriath, Elves of the Twilight, Elvish, Forester, [See the full list...]

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