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| caption="Penlod" by [[:Category:Images by Natalie Chen|Natalie Chen]]
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'''Penlod''' was a [[Gnome]]-lord of [[Gondolin]] according to the early version of the [[legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''.
==History==
He was marshall of both the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]], and he is described as the tallest of the [[Gnomes]].<ref name=Gondolin>{{LT2|III}}</ref>{{rp|173}}
During the [[Fall of Gondolin]], the [[Gondothlim]] suffered a hard attack from the enemy after the death of [[Rog]] and the [[folk of the Hammer of Wrath]]. Having to retreat further back into the city, Penlod perished "in a lane with his back to the wall", and with him many of his men.<ref name=Gondolin></ref>{{rp|179}}
==Etymology==
''Penlod'' is not glossed. The [[Qenya]] cognate was '''''Pendelot'''''.<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 104</ref>


'''Penlod''' (or '''Penlodh''') was a tall elf-lord of [[Gondolin]], mentioned several times in the ''[[Fall of Gondolin]]''.  He was described as the tallest of the [[Noldor]], and chief of both the [[House of the Pillar]] and the [[House of the Tower of Snow]].  He perished during the Fall after the death of [[Rog]] and the retreat further back into the city, "with his back to the wall."  He was one of the possible owners of [[Orcrist]].
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*''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part Two]]'', [[The Fall of Gondolin]]
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Revision as of 16:54, 12 May 2021

Template:Gnomes infobox Penlod was a Gnome-lord of Gondolin according to the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.

History

He was marshall of both the House of the Pillar and the House of the Tower of Snow, and he is described as the tallest of the Gnomes.[1]:173

During the Fall of Gondolin, the Gondothlim suffered a hard attack from the enemy after the death of Rog and the folk of the Hammer of Wrath. Having to retreat further back into the city, Penlod perished "in a lane with his back to the wall", and with him many of his men.[1]:179

Etymology

Penlod is not glossed. The Qenya cognate was Pendelot.[2]

References

Twelve houses of the Gondothlim
King (leader: Turgon) · Wing (Tuor) · Mole (Meglin) · Swallow (Duilin) · Heavenly Arch (Egalmoth) · Pillar (Penlod) · Tower of Snow (Penlod) · Tree (Galdor) · Golden Flower (Glorfindel) · Fountain (Ecthelion) · Harp (Salgant) · Hammer of Wrath (Rog)