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Dates
Settled in Brethil in the early fourth century of the Years of the Sun; survivors of this People travelled to Númenor after the end of that Age
Location
Dwelt in the Forest of Brethil
Origins
Members of the Second House of the Edain who travelled into West Beleriand
Race
Division
Family
Led by the House of Haleth
Settlements
Pronunciation
hale'threem ('th' as English 'cloth')
Meaning
'People of Haleth' (Haleth was the leader who brought this people to Brethil; for a discussion of the meaning of her name, see note 3 to the entry for Haleth)
Other names

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Halethrim

The Men of Brethil

The rarely seen Elvish rendering of 'Folk of Haleth', a name referring to those Men of the Haladin who followed the Lady Haleth westward across Beleriand. Their main dwelling-place was on Amon Obel in the midst of the Forest of Brethil.


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