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The Nandor (Quenya; singular Nando) were Elves of Telerin descent, who left the Great Journey from Cuiviénen to Valinor as the Elves reached the Misty Mountains.

History[]

The Nandor began under the Teleri Elf Lenwë, whose name in their language was Denweg.[1] He led a group that turned south along the river Anduin, and disappeared from written history. Many years later a group of Nandor under Denethor, son of Lenwë, hearing of a great Elven realm crossed the Blue Mountains into Ossiriand. When they first arrived into Beleriand, the Nandor still called themselves Lindai, the old clan name for the Teleri, though it had become Lindi in their tongue.[1] The Sindar welcomed them as kin and at first, called them Lindil after what the Nandor called themselves, Lindi. Eventually this became Laegel, which means Green-Elf. The Quenya translation of this is Laiquendi.[1]

The later Elves of Mirkwood and "Galadhrim" of Lothlórien, both of Silvan lineage, were descended from the Nandor (though most of their lords were not), as were the Elves who settled Edhellond near Dol Amroth, on the southern coast of Middle-earth during the early days of Gondor.[2]

Language[]

The original Nandorin language gradually disappeared from Middle-earth after the end of the First Age, when Sindarin Elves merged with the Silvan folk and were taken as their lords. Nandorin/Silvan gradually became extinct, surviving only in place names such as "Laurelindórinan/Lindórinand" (old names for the land of Lothlórien) and proper names such as Amroth. The daily tongue of the Silvan elves became Sindarin, or Sindarin with some Silvan influences.[3]

Etymology[]

Nandor is the Quenya term, meaning 'those who turn back'.

In other versions[]

In early accounts the name of the Green-Elves was Danians, from the name of their first leader Dan (later changed in Denweg). The Danians lived both to the east and the west of Blue Mountains. In particular, the Danians that acrossed the Blue Mountains lived in Ossiriand and Denethor, the son of Dan was their lord. The geographical barrier of the mountains was the reason behind the split of the Danian language in two different dialects: the Ossiriandren (West-Danian) and the Leikvian (East-Danian).

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ናንዶር
Arabic ناندور
Armenian Նանդոր
Belarusian Cyrillic Нандор
Bengali নান্দর
Bulgarian Cyrillic Нандор
Cambodian ណាន់ឌ័រ
Catalan Nàndor
Chinese (Hong Kong) 南多
Dogri नंदोर
Georgian ნანდორი
Greek Νανδορ
Gujarati નાંદોર
Hebrew נאנדור
Hindi नंदोरो
Japanese ナンドール
Kannada ನಂದೋರ್
Kazakh Нандор (Cyrillic) Nandor (Latin)
Konkani नंदोर
Korean 난도르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Нандор
Macedonian Cyrillic Нандор
Malayalam നന്ദോർ
Marathi नांदोर
Mongolian Cyrillic Нандор
Nepalese नान्दोर
Pashto ناندور
Persian ناندور
Polish Nandorowie
Punjabi ਨੰਦੋਰ
Russian Нандор
Sanskrit णन्दोर्
Serbian Нандор (Cyrillic) Nandor (Latin)
Sinhalese නන්ඩෝර්
Tajik Cyrillic Нандор
Tamil நந்தோர்
Tatar Нандор
Telugu నాండోర్
Thai นันดอร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic Нандор
Urdu نانداور
Uzbek Нандор (Cyrillic) Nandor (Latin)
Yiddish נאַנדאָר

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Jewels
  2. The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
  3. Parma Eldalamberon, "Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets Part 2 by J.R.R. Tolkien"
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