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Lindon A name of Ossiriand in the First Age; afterwards the name was retained for the lands west of the Blue Mountains (Ered Lindon) that still remained above the Sea. The green land of the Eldar; the land of Gil-galad.
Lindórië Sister of Eärendur fifteenth Lord of Andúnië, mother of Inzilbêth mother of Tar-Palantir.
*Lindórinand See Lórien (2).
*Lisgardh Land of reeds at the Mouths of Sirion.
*lissuin A fragrant flower of Tol Eressëa.
Little People See Hobbits.
loa The Elvish solar year.
Loeg Ningloron ‘Pools of the golden water-flowers’, Sindarin name of the Gladden Fields.
*Lond Daer Númenórean harbour and shipyards in Eriador, at the mouth of the Gwathló, established by Tar-Aldarion, who called it Vinyalondë. Translated the Great Haven; also called Lond Daer Enedh ‘the Great Middle Haven’.
Lonely Mountain See Erebor, King under the Mountain. Long Lake The lake south of Erebor into which flowed both the Forest River and the River Running, and on which Esgaroth (Lake Town) was built.
Long Winter The winter of Third Age 2758 – 9.
Lord of Dor-lómin Húrin, Túrin; see Dor-lómin.
Lord of Morgul See Lord of the Nazgûl, Minas Morgul.
Lord of the Nazgûl Called also Chieftain of the Ringwraiths, the (Black) Captain, Lord of Morgul, the Witch-king.
Lord of Waters See Ulmo.
Lords of Andúnië See Andúnië. Lords of the West See Valar.
Lorgan Chief of the Easterlings in Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, by whom Tuor was enslaved.
Lórien (1) The name of the dwelling in Valinor of the Vala properly called Irmo, but who was himself usually called Lórien.
Lórien (2) The land of the Galadhrim between Celebrant and Anduin. Many other forms of the name are recorded: Nandorin Lórinand (Quenya Laurenandë, Sindarin Glornan, Nan Laur), derived from older Lindórinand ‘Vale of the Land of Singers’; Laurelindórinan ‘Valley of Singing Gold’. Called the Golden Wood; and see Dwimordene, Lothlórien.
*Lórinand See Lórien (2).
Lossarnach Region in the north-east of Lebennin about the sources of the river Erui. (The name is stated to mean ‘Flowery Arnach’, Arnach being a pre-Númenórean name.)
Lótessë Quenya name of the fifth month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to May. See Lothron.
Lothíriel Daughter of Imrahil of Dol Amroth; wife of King Éomer of Rohan and mother of Elfwine the Fair. Lothlórien The name Lórien with the Sindarin word loth ‘flower’ prefixed.
Lothron Sindarin name of the fifth month. See Lótessë.
Loudwater See Bruinen.
Lune Spelling of Lhûn.
Lúthien Daughter of Thingol and Melian, who after the fulfilment of the Quest for the Silmaril and the death of Beren chose to become mortal and to share his fate. Called Tinúviel ‘Nightingale’.
Mablung Called the Hunter; Elf of Doriath, chief captain of Thingol, friend of Túrin.
Maedhros Eldest son of Fëanor.
Maeglin Son of Eöl and Aredhel Turgon’s sister; became mighty in Gondolin, and betrayed it to Morgoth; slain in the sack of the city by Tuor.
Maggot, Farmer Hobbit of the Shire, farming in the Marish near the Bucklebury Ferry.
Maiar (Singular Maia). Ainur of lesser degree than the Valar.
*Malantur Númenórean, descendant of Tar-Elendil.
Malduin A tributary of the Teiglin.
*Malgalad King of Lórien, slain in the Battle of Dagorlad; apparently identical with Amdír.
*malinornë Quenya form of Sindarin mallorn.
mallorn Name of the great trees with golden flowers brought from Tol Eressëa to Eldalondë in Númenor, and afterwards grown in Lothlórien. Quenya malinornë, plural malinorni.
mallos A golden flower of Lebennin.
*Mámandil Name given to himself by Hallacar in his first encounters with Ancalimë.
Mandos The name of the dwelling in Aman of the Vala properly called Námo, but who was usually himself called Mandos. Curse of Mandos; Doom of Mandos; Second Prophecy of Mandos.
Manwë The chief of the Valar. Called the Elder King. See Witnesses of Manwë.
Mardil First Ruling Steward of Gondor. Called Voronwë ‘the Steadfast’ and the Good Steward.
*Marhari Leader of the Northmen in the Battle of the Plains, where he was slain; father