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Dates
I 4141 - I 472 (approximately 58 years)
Race
Division
Culture
Family
Pronunciation
ha'ldir
Meaning
Uncertain, but hal- appears to mean 'chief'
Note
This Haldir is not to be confused with the Elf of the same name, encountered by the Fellowship in Lórien many thousand years later. That Haldir has a separate entry of his own.

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Haldir

A lord of the Haladin of Brethil

Halmir
Haldir
Glóredhel
Hundar2
Hareth
Handir

Lords of Brethil

Lord of the Haladin of Brethil; he fostered his nephews Húrin and Huor during their childhood years, and was slain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.


Notes

1

Haldir's date of birth is not given in any canonical source, but it does appear on the genealogical table of the Haladin given in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth.

2

Haldir's younger brother Hundar isn't mentioned in the published Silmarillion, but he does appear on the same genealogical chart mentioned in Note 1.

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  • Updated 3 March 2003
  • Updates planned: 6

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