Andreth

Andreth
Biographical information
Other names	Saelind, 'Wise-woman' of the Edain
Birth	FA 361
Death	FA 455 ?
Spouse	Loved Aegnor but they never married
Physical description
Race	Men
Gender	Female
Hair	Dark brown
Culture	Edain (House of Bëor)

Andreth was an Edain of the House of Bëor. She was the second child and only daughter of Boromir and the sister of Bregor her elder brother and Beril her younger brother.

Biography

Andreth first meets Aegnor, by Szilvia Szarvas

Andreth was born in Ladros in Dorthonion. She was wise in thought and learned in the lore of Men and thus was called Saelind (Wise-heart) by the Elves of her time. In her earlier life she lived in the house of Belemir in Ladros, where she had learned the lore of the House of Marach from Adanel.

Andreth was deeply in love with Aegnor, son of Finarfin. The love was returned but never fulfilled, since Aegnor departed from motives of wisdom as he felt his coming death, thus they never married and had no children. She had a close friendship with Aegnor's brother Finrod Felagund, who often visited her during the Siege of Angband to converse and debate with her on the matters of Elves and Men. One such conversation was written down and later known as Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, where she and Finrod discussed differences between Elves and Men.

Andreth with her love Aegnor by the shore of Lake Aeluin, by Szilvia Szarvas

She probably died when Morgoth broke the Siege of Angband in Dagor Bragollach in FA 455 of causes unknown. She was the only known person of Mankind to have had a romantic relationship with someone of Elvenkind before Beren.

Etymology

The name Andreth was a Sindarin word that meant "patience". The first element of her name may have come from the word and, meaning "long", possibly alluding to a meaning such as "long lasting", although the second element reth is more difficult to decipher and appears to have no immediate explanation.

As said, Andreth was also known as Saelind, meaning "wise heart", which comes from the Sindarin words sael, meaning 'wise', and ind, meaning "inner thought" or "heart".

Other accounts

Andreth had once prophesied that Túrin would return from the dead in the last days to fight in the Last Battle against Morgoth and the dark forces.

Earlier names

Saelon and Saelin were two names Tolkien came up with that preceded Saelind.

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዓንድረጥ ?
Arabic	أندريث
Armenian	Անդրետհ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Андретh
Bengali	আন্দ্রেথ
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Андретх
Dari	اندرهته
Georgian	ანდრეთჰ
Greek	Ανδρεθ
Gujarati	આન્દ્રેથ
Hebrew	אנדריתה
Hindi	आन्द्रेथ
Kazakh Cyrillic	Андретһ
Korean	안드레스
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Андрэтh
Macedonian Cyrillic	Андретх
Marathi	आन्द्रेथ
Mongolian Cyrillic	Андретh
Nepalese	आन्द्रेथ
Persian	اندرهته
Polish	Andretha
Punjabi	ਆਨ੍ਦ੍ਰੇਥ
Sanskrit	आन्द्रेथ्
Serbian	Андретх (Cyrillic) Andreth (Latin)
Sinhalese	ආඳ්‍රෙථ්
Tajik Cyrillic	Андретҳ
Tamil	ஆந்த்ரெத்ஹ்
Telugu	ఆన్ద్రెథ
Tibetan	ཱནྡྲེཐ​
Tigrinya	ዓንድረጥ ?
Urdu	انڈریٹہ
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Андретг ?
Uyghur	ئندرەتھ
Uzbek	Андретҳ (Cyrillic) Andreth (Latin)
Yiddish	אַנדרעטה