Drengist
| Firth of Drengist | |
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| Firth | |
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| Traces of the Noldor by Peter Xavier Price | |
| General Information | |
| Other names | Drengist |
| Location | Northwestern Beleriand, North of Nevrast, Ered Lómin, Cirith Ninniach |
| Type | Firth |
| Description | Narrow inlet from Belegaer into Beleriand |
| History | |
| Events | Y.T. 1497: Arrival of the host of Fëanor in Middle-earth F.A. 155: Morgoth's Assaults on Hithlum |
| Gallery | Images of Firth of Drengist |
The Firth of Drengist, or just Drengist, was a firth in Beleriand. The Belegaer broke through the Ered Lómin and ended in the Cirith Ninniach. The lands it separated were Lammoth to the north, and Nevrast to the south.[1] Outside the firth was the little-known island of Ened.
History[edit]
Fëanor and the Noldor landed at the Firth of Drengist, and their ships were burned at Losgar, which was located at the outlet of the bay.[2] From there, Fëanor and his host pierced into Hithlum.[3] Years later, the first of Morgoth's Assaults on Hithlum was countered here by Fingolfin, driving the Orcs into the sea.[4][5]
Etymology[edit]
In an early manuscript by Tolkien, Drengist is glossed as the Elvish equivalent of Old English Nearufléot. The latter name is said by Christopher Tolkien to consist of nearu ("narrow") + fléot ("arm of the sea, estuary, firth").[6] The Elvish etymology of the name Drengist itself, however, appears to have been nowhere explained by Tolkien.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §115
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: Appendix 1: Fragments of a translation of The Quenta Noldorinwa into Old English, made by Ælfwine or Eriol; together with Old English equivalents of Elvish names", p. 210
