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'''Annon-in-Gelydh''' was the [[Sindarin]] name for the lost '[[Gate of the Noldor]]' ([[annon]] = gate, in = the, [[gelydh]] = Noldor), found after years of searching by [[Tuor]], and used by him to escape [[Hithlum]] and find his way into [[Nevrast]].<ref>{{UT|Tuor}}</ref>
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'''Annon-in-Gelydh''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. "Gate of the Noldor") was the eastern entrance in the western hills of [[Dor-lómin]], that led to a subterranean river-bed and ended to the [[Cirith Ninniach]].
 
It was built by the [[Noldor]] of [[Turgon]] in the [[First Age]]. After Turgon's departure to [[Gondolin]], the Gate was forgotten, but it was rediscovered and used centuries later by [[Tuor]] in his escape from the oppressed lands of [[Hithlum]] and find his way into [[Nevrast]].<ref>{{UT|Tuor}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
''Annon-in-Gelydh'' is a combination of ''[[annon]]'' ("gate"), the plural of the definite article ''[[i]]'', and the plural of ''[[Golodh]]'' ("Noldo").<ref>{{webcite|author=Paul Strack|articleurl=http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-4089887271.html|articlename=S. ''Annon-in-Gelydh'' loc.|website=[http://eldamo.org/index.html Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon]|accessed=22 September 2019}}</ref>
 
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==External links==
*[http://users.abo.fi/jumppa/Atlas_of_Middle-earth_-_maps/the_gate_of_the_noldor.gif Schematic of the Gate of the Noldor] by [[Karen Fonstad]]
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Revision as of 13:10, 26 May 2020

Annon-in-Gelydh
Gate
Jonathan Guzi - Gate of the Noldor.jpg
"Gate of the Noldor" by Jonathan Guzi
Other namesGate of the Noldor
LocationDor-lómin
CreatorTurgon
GalleryImages of the Gate of the Noldor

Annon-in-Gelydh (S. "Gate of the Noldor") was the eastern entrance in the western hills of Dor-lómin, that led to a subterranean river-bed and ended to the Cirith Ninniach.

It was built by the Noldor of Turgon in the First Age. After Turgon's departure to Gondolin, the Gate was forgotten, but it was rediscovered and used centuries later by Tuor in his escape from the oppressed lands of Hithlum and find his way into Nevrast.[1]

Etymology

Annon-in-Gelydh is a combination of annon ("gate"), the plural of the definite article i, and the plural of Golodh ("Noldo").[2]

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