Nimbrethil was a birch-tree forest situated in the land of Arvernien in the south of Beleriand during the First Age.[1]
According to The Atlas of Middle-earth, Nimbrethil was about forty miles from east to west.[2]
History[]
Nimbrethil's birches were used by Eärendil to build his well-known ship Vingilot. Though Nimbrethil was lost along with the rest of Beleriand at the end of the First Age,[3] it was recalled by Bilbo Baggins in the year TA 3019, when he recited the Eärendillinwë in Rivendell.[4]
Etymology[]
Nimbrethil is a Sindarin word meaning "white" or "Silver birches."[5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Нимбретил |
| Danish | Nimbrethil Skov |
| Hebrew | נימברתיל |
| Kannada | ನಿಂಬೆಥಿಲ್ |
| Pashto | نیمبرهتهیل |
| Persian | نیمبرهتهیل |
| Russian | Нимбретиль |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Німбретіл |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion (inside cover), "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. I: "Many Meetings"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names