| First Battle – Dagor-nuin-Giliath – Dagor Aglareb – Dagor Bragollach – Nírnaeth Arnoediad – War of Wrath |
The Dagor Aglareb was the third of the great battles of the War of the Jewels in Beleriand.
History
After the Dagor-nuin-Giliath, the Ñoldor of Beleriand had been on the brink of civil war. The host of Fingolfin, which had been betrayed by Fëanor in Aman, had managed the near-impossible crossing of the Helcaraxë and had arrived in Middle-earth, its members bitter and furious. However, after being rescued by Fingon from captivity, Feanor's eldest son Maedhros had relinquished any claim to the Kingship of the Ñoldor to Fingolfin, to whom it should have passed regardless. This act united the Ñoldor and allowed them to establish mighty kingdoms in Middle-earth while Morgoth's forces still reeled from the unveiling of the light of the Sun and the Moon.
Eventually however, Morgoth's forces overcame their fear of these new lights, and the Iron Mountains spewed forth fire as Morgoth sent forth numerous small bands of Orcs, which passed through the Pass of Sirion and Maglor's Gap. Fighting small battles along the way, they penetrated deep in West and East Beleriand, where they were destroyed by southern forces of the Ñoldor and Elves under Círdan of the Falas.
Doriath was shut and its people refused to fight, and the Laiquendi of Ossiriand fought no more battles after their leader had been killed in the First Battle of Beleriand.
Meanwhile, the main force of the Orcs spewed forth from Angband to Dorthonion, where the twins Angrod and Aegnor held them off until armies under Fingolfin and Maedhros counter-attacked on the plains of Lothlann and Ard-galen, trapping the Orcs between them. There was an envelopment and the Orcs were caught in the vice of Fingolfin from the west and Maedhros from the east. Most Orcs were destroyed, and they retreated to Angband. The Ñoldor pursued, and utterly destroyed their enemies in sight of the gates of Angband.
This was the first complete victory over Morgoth, and after it the Ñoldor maintained a guard on Angband, beginning the period of watchful peace known as the Siege of Angband.[1]
Etymology
Dagor Aglareb is Sindarin for 'Glorious Battle'.[1][2]
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ዻጎር ዓግላረብ ? |
| Arabic | ضاعور إعلاريب |
| Armenian | Դագոր Ագլարեբ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Дагор Аглареб |
| Bengali | ডাগর আগ্লারেব |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Дагор Аглареб |
| Catalan | Dàgor Àglareb |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 阿格烈瑞伯戰役 |
| Georgian | დაგორ აგლარები |
| Greek | Δαγορ Αγλαρεβ |
| Gujarati | ડગોર આગ્લરેબ |
| Hebrew | דאגור אגלארב |
| Hindi | डगोर आग्लरेब |
| Japanese | ダゴールアグラレブ |
| Kannada | ಡಾಗೋರ್ ಅಗ್ಲೇರೆಬ್ |
| Kazakh | Дагор Аглареб (Cyrillic) Dagor Aglareb (Latin) |
| Korean | 다 고르 아그라 레브 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Дагор Агларэб |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Дагор Аглареб |
| Marathi | दगोर अगलरेब |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дагор Аглареб |
| Nepalese | डगोर आग्लरेब |
| Pashto | ضاګور آګلارېب |
| Persian | ضاگور اگلارهب |
| Punjabi | ਡਗੋਰ ਐਗਲਰੇਬ |
| Russian | Дагор Аглареб |
| Sanskrit | डगोर् आग्लरेब् |
| Serbian | Дагор Аглареб (Cyrillic) Dagor Aglareb (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඩගොර් ආග්ලරෙබ් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Дагор Аглареб |
| Tamil | டாகோர் அஃலரேபி |
| Telugu | డాగర్ అగ్రలేబ్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Даґор Аґлареб |
| Urdu | ضاگور اگلارےب |
| Uzbek | Дагор Аглареб (Cyrillic) Dagor Aglareb (Latin) |
| Yiddish | דאַגאָר אַגלאַרעב |
| First Battle • Dagor-nuin-Giliath • Dagor Aglareb • Siege of Angband • Dagor Bragollach • Nírnaeth Arnoediad • War of Wrath |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth