Penlod
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Template:Gnomes infobox Penlod was an 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 no glossed. The Qenya cognate was Pendelot.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments", in Parma Eldalamberon XIII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 104
