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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Belegaer''', the '''Great Sea''' or the '''Sundering Seas''', <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>the sea of [[Arda]] that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is </del>west of [[Middle-earth]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''Belegaer''', the '''Great Sea''' or the '''Sundering Seas''', <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </ins>the sea of [[Arda]] that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </ins>west of [[Middle-earth]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==History==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==History==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Before the [[Second Age]], Belegaer stretched from the Gap of [[Ilmen]] in the far north, where a bridge made of ice known as the [[Helcaraxë]] connected [[Middle-earth]] and [[Aman]], to the far south, where it also connected with Ilmen and froze, although no strait was formed there. Belegaer was narrower in the north than in the south, with its widest part near the equator of Arda.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Before the [[Second Age]], Belegaer stretched from the Gap of [[Ilmen]] in the far north, where a bridge made of ice known as the [[Helcaraxë]] connected [[Middle-earth]] and [[Aman]], to the far south, where it also connected with Ilmen and froze, although no strait was formed there. Belegaer was narrower in the north than in the south, with its widest part near the equator of Arda.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The full extent of Belegaer after the [[Akallabêth]] is never made clear, but it <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reaches </del>far enough to the north to be ice-covered, and far to the south.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The full extent of Belegaer after the [[Akallabêth]] is never made clear, but it <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reached </ins>far enough to the north to be ice-covered, and far to the south.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Before the end of the Second Age, the continent of Aman, home of the [[Valar]], formed the western edge of Belegaer.  Before the ruin of [[Beleriand]] at the end of the [[First Age]], the sea was narrow and ice-filled in the north, forming the strait of Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice. It was thus possible to cross from Aman to Middle-earth on foot, though with difficulty, as did [[Fingolfin]] and his people of the [[Noldor]] when fleeing [[Valinor]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Before the end of the Second Age, the continent of Aman, home of the [[Valar]], formed the western edge of Belegaer.  Before the ruin of [[Beleriand]] at the end of the [[First Age]], the sea was narrow and ice-filled in the north, forming the strait of Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice. It was thus possible to cross from Aman to Middle-earth on foot, though with difficulty, as did [[Fingolfin]] and his people of the [[Noldor]] when fleeing [[Valinor]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>Morganhttp://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Legolas&diff=230809&oldid=prevLegolas2013-06-13T12:52:47Z<p><span class="autocomment">Portrayal in adaptations: </span> </p>
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