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balan (pl. belain) means "Vala, divine power, divinity" in Exilic Noldorin.[1][2] In The Silmarillion, balrog is glossed as Sindarin "Demon of Might", indicating the contracted form bal-.[3]
Balan was also the original name of Bëor.[4]
Etymology
Examples
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 350
- ↑ Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary (accessed 11 February 2010)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
