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Dates
Born in Valinor during the Years of the Trees; presumably still extant
Race
Elves
Division
Noldor
Family
House of Finarfin
Pronunciation
fina'rrfin ('rr' indicates that the 'r' sound should be distinctly pronounced)
Meaning
Perhaps 'Finwë, noble Finwë'11
Titles
Finarfin was accounted lord of that tenth part of the Noldor who remained in Valinor

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  • Updated 3 April 1999
  • Updates planned: 8

Finarfin

King over the Noldor in Aman

The youngest of Finwë's three sons; when his half-brother Fëanor led the host of the Noldor back to Middle-earth, Finarfin chose to remain in Valinor, and ruled those Noldor who also remained. His five children, Finrod, Orodreth, Angrod, Aegnor and Galadriel, all followed Fëanor into the east.


Notes

1

A possible derivation appears in The Peoples of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth volume XII): XI The Shibboleth of Fëanor. Here, Finarfin is a contraction of Finwë Arafinwë adapted to the sounds of Sindarin. The meaning would be 'Finwë, noble Finwë' (according to this source, Finwë originally named each of his three sons after himself).

It should be noted, though, that The Shibboleth of Fëanor dates from the late 1960's, suggesting that Tolkien invented this derivation 'after the event' - it appears (though this cannot be stated certainly) that the name came first, and its derivation followed years later.

See also...

Aegnor, Alatáriel, Aman, Angrod, Artanis, Caverns of Narog, Celeborn, Curse of Mandos, Dagor Aglareb, Deep Elves, Doom of Mandos, Eärwen, Eldar of Valinor, Elendë, Elf-kings, [See the full list...]

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Finarfin

King over the Noldor in Aman

Dates
Born in Valinor during the Years of the Trees; presumably still extant
Race
Elves
Division
Noldor
Family
House of Finarfin
Pronunciation
fina'rrfin ('rr' indicates that the 'r' sound should be distinctly pronounced)
Meaning
Perhaps 'Finwë, noble Finwë'11
Titles
Finarfin was accounted lord of that tenth part of the Noldor who remained in Valinor

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 3 April 1999
  • Updates planned: 8

Finarfin

King over the Noldor in Aman

The youngest of Finwë's three sons; when his half-brother Fëanor led the host of the Noldor back to Middle-earth, Finarfin chose to remain in Valinor, and ruled those Noldor who also remained. His five children, Finrod, Orodreth, Angrod, Aegnor and Galadriel, all followed Fëanor into the east.


Notes

1

A possible derivation appears in The Peoples of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth volume XII): XI The Shibboleth of Fëanor. Here, Finarfin is a contraction of Finwë Arafinwë adapted to the sounds of Sindarin. The meaning would be 'Finwë, noble Finwë' (according to this source, Finwë originally named each of his three sons after himself).

It should be noted, though, that The Shibboleth of Fëanor dates from the late 1960's, suggesting that Tolkien invented this derivation 'after the event' - it appears (though this cannot be stated certainly) that the name came first, and its derivation followed years later.

See also...

Aegnor, Alatáriel, Aman, Angrod, Artanis, Caverns of Narog, Celeborn, Curse of Mandos, Dagor Aglareb, Deep Elves, Doom of Mandos, Eärwen, Eldar of Valinor, Elendë, Elf-kings, [See the full list...]

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 3 April 1999
  • Updates planned: 8

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
Create your own personality report in just ten minutes with our online DISC profile questionnaire.