Dates
First seen in I 260 - said to be 'half-grown' at this date; slain by Túrin Turambar in I 499Race
Titles
Meaning
Apparently 'golden ?cloud'1
Pronunciation
glow'roong (where 'glow' rhymes with English 'now')
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Glaurung was the first of the Dragons, and one of the greatest. He first issued from Angband in I 260, but not being fully grown at that time, the Noldor under Fingon were able to drive him back.
In the Dagor Bragollach and the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Glaurung was in the vanguard of Morgoth's forces, and having grown to his full power, he wreaked great destruction on those battlefields. In the Nirnaeth, he was driven back to Angband by the heavily armoured Dwarves, though their lord Azaghâl was slain in that battle.
Glaurung led the assault by Morgoth on Nargothrond, and there came across Túrin for the first time. He dwelt in the ruined halls of Finrod Felagund for a while, but came forth at last to seek Túrin. He was slain by Túrin's black sword Gurthang in the Forest of Brethil.
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Probably in reference to his golden scales and the cloud of 'Dragon-reek' that accompanied him, though ung is more properly 'gloom', 'shadow'. (This derivation is from The History of Middle-earth volume V, The Lost Road and Other Writings III The Etymologies). |
See also...
Amon Ethir, Anguirel, Arminas, Azaghâl, Balrogs, Bane of Glaurung, Battle of Tumhalad, Beautiful Mere, Black Sword of Brethil, Black Sword of Nargothrond, Black Thorn of Brethil, Brandir, Brethil, Cabed Naeramarth, Cabed-en-Aras, [See the full list...]Captain of Nargothrond, Children of Húrin, Club-foot, Dagnir Glaurunga, Dagor Bragollach, Deer’s Leap, Doors of Felagund, Doors of Nargothrond, Dor Caranthir, Dorlas, Dragon of Dor-lómin, Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin, Dragon-King, Dragon-reek, Dragon-spell, Dragon-stench, Dragonhead of the North, Dragons, Dwarf-mail, Dwarf-masks, Dwarves of the Blue Mountains, Eithel Ivrin, Elu Thingol, Elves of Beleriand, Ered Engrin, Evil of the North, Fall of Nargothrond, Falls of Ivrin, Father of Dragons, Fell Winter of the First Age, Fire-drakes, Fourth Battle, Gabilgathol, Gold-worm of Angband, Grave of the Children of Húrin, Great Worm, Hill of Spies, Hunthor, Lady of Dor-lómin, Lake Helevorn, Leap of Dreadful Doom, Long Peace, Lord of Belegost, Lord of Brethil, Maglor, Maid of Tears, Master, Morgoth, Nargothrond, Narn i Chîn Húrin, Niënor Níniel, Orc-hunters, People of Narog, Pools of Ivrin, Ravines of Teiglin, Ruin of Beleriand, Sack of Nargothrond, Sarch nia Hîn Húrin, Shuddering Water, Sources of Narog, Spyhill, Stone of the Hapless, Tale of Grief, Tear-maiden, The Bragollach, The Dragon, The Golden, The Highway, The Worm, Three Houses of the Elf-friends, Tol Morwen, Tumhalad, Túrin, Urulóki, Voles, Wars of Beleriand, West Beleriand, Worm of Morgoth, Worms, Wormstench
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