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<p>68.8.151.116: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Pronounce|Glamdring.mp3|Ardamir}}<br /> '''Glamdring''' was forged for the [[Elves|Elf]] [[Turgon]] in the [[First Age]]. For several thousand years it went missing, until [[Gandalf]] (and company) found it (along with ''[[Sting]]'' and ''[[Orcrist]]'') in the [[Trolls]]' cave in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and claimed it for himself. He continued to use Glamdring through the events of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<br /> <br /> ''Glamdring'' is translated as '''''Foe-hammer''''', and the goblins in ''The Hobbit'' call it &quot;'''Beater'''&quot;.<br /> <br /> Glamdring, along with Orcrist, its mate, are described in ''The Hobbit'' as having &quot;...beautiful scabbards and jewelled hilts&quot;, and Glamdring is referred to by [[Elrond]] as &quot;Foe-hammer that the king of Gondolin once wore&quot;. In ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', one of the footnotes to the story &quot;Of [[Tuor]] and his Coming to [[Gondolin]]&quot; mentions that the sword of [[Turgon]] was &quot;</div>

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