Anfalas
Anfalas | |
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Region | |
General Information | |
Other names | Langstrand, Andafalasse |
Type | Region |
Description | Western Gondor between Lefnui and Morthond |
Inhabitants | Gondorians |
Gallery | Images of Anfalas |
Anfalas, or Langstrand, was a coastal fief[1] between the rivers Lefnui and Morthond south of the Pinnath Gelin in the southwest of Gondor.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
After the Great Plague Gondor was so weakened that during the reign of King Telumehtar the Corsairs of Umbar raided its coasts as far as the Anfalas.[3]
Lord Golasgil led a long line men of many sorts, hunters, herdsmen and men from little villages, which were scantily equipped, except the men of his household, to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.[4]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Anfalas is a Sindarin name,[5] which means "Long Beach"[6]. It consists of the elements and and falas ("beach", "strand")[5][7][source?]. It is also translated as Andafalasse in Quenya[8] and Langstrand in Westron ("translated" into English)[9]. Tolkien noted that the shortening of long to lang is very frequent in English place-names.[9]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Gondor, p. 17
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", entry for King Telumehtar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Minas Tirith", p. 770
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), entry S Anfalas, p. 97
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 15
- ↑ {{}}, entry Q falmalinnar, p. 93
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), entry Q Sindarin, p. 135
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Langstrand, p. 773