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Neithan ‘The Wronged’, name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws.
*Nellas Elf of Doriath, friend of Túrin in his boyhood; bore witness against Saeros in the trial of Túrin before Thingol.
Nen Girith ‘Shuddering Water’, name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil.
Nénimë Quenya name of the second month according to the Númenórean calendar, corresponding to February. See Nínui.
*Nen Lalaith Stream rising under Amon Darthir in Ered Wethrin and flowing past Húrin’s house in Dor-lómin. See Lalaith.
Nenning River in West Beleriand, at whose mouth was the Haven of Eglarest.
Nenuial ‘Lake of Twilight’ between the arms of the Hills of Evendim (*Emyn Uial) north of the Shire, beside which the oldest Númenórean seat of Annúminas was built. Translated Evendim.
Nenya One of the Three Rings of the Elves, borne by Galadriel. Called the White Ring.
*Nerwen Name given to Galadriel by her mother.
*nessamelda Fragrant evergreen tree brought to Númenor by the Eldar of Eressëa. (The name perhaps means ‘beloved of Nessa’, one of the Valier; cf. vardarianna, yavannamírë.)
Nevrast Region south-west of Dor-lómin where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin.
*Nibin-noeg, Nibin-nogrim The Petty-dwarves. Bar-en-Nibinnoeg; Moors of the Nibin-noeg. See Noegyth Nibin.
Nienna One of the Valier (‘Queens of the Valar’), Lady of pity and mourning.
Nienor Daughter of Húrin and Morwen and sister of Túrin; spell-bound by Glaurung at Nargothrond and in ignorance of her past wedded Túrin in Brethil in her name Níniel. Translated Mourning.
Nimloth (1) ‘White Blossom’, the Tree of Númenor. The White Tree.
Nimloth (2) Elf of Doriath who wedded Dior Thingol’s Heir; mother of Elwing.
Nimrodel (1) ‘Lady of the White Grotto’, Elf of Lórien, beloved of Amroth, who dwelt beside the falls of Nimrodel until she went south and was lost in Ered Nimrais.
Nimrodel (2) Mountain stream falling into the Celebrant (Silver-lode), named from Nimrodel the Elf who dwelt beside it.
*Nindamos Chief settlement of the fishermen on the southern coast of Númenor, at the mouths of Siril.
Nine, The See Nazgûl.
Nine Walkers, The The Fellowship of the Ring.
Níniel ‘Tear-maiden’, the name that Túrin, ignorant of their relationship, gave to his sister Nienor.
*Nîn-in-Eilph ‘Waterlands of the Swans’, great fens of the lower reaches of the river called in its upper course Glanduin. Translated Swanfleet.
Nínui Sindarin name of the second month. See Nénimë.
Nirnaeth Arnoediad The Battle of ‘Unnumbered Tears’, described in The Silmarillion ch. 20; also called simply the Nirnaeth.
*Nísimaldar Land about the Haven of Eldalondë in western Númenor; translated in the text as the Fragrant Trees.
*Nísinen Lake in the river Nunduinë in western Númenor.
Noegyth Nibin The Petty-dwarves. See Nibin-noeg.
Nogothrim The Dwarves. (See Appendix to The Silmarillion, entry naug. )
Nogrod One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains.
*Noirinan Valley at the southern feet of the Meneltarma at the head of which were the tombs of the Kings and Queens of Númenor. Translated Valley of the Tombs.
Noldor (Singular Noldo). Called the Loremasters; the second of the Three Kindreds of the Eldar on the Great Journey from Cuiviénen, whose history is the chief matter of The Silmaril-lion. High King of the Noldor; Gate of the Noldor, see Annon-in-Gelydh; High Speech of the Noldor, see Quenya; Lady of the Noldor, see Galadriel; lamps of the Noldor, and see Fëanor. Adjective Noldorin
*Nólimon Name given to Vardamir, son of Elros (for the meaning see Appendix to The Silmarillion, entry gûl).
*North Cape The end of the Forostar, the northern promontory of Númenor.
North Downs Hills in Eriador north of the Shire, where was built Fornost.
North(ern) Kingdom, Northern Realm See Arnor.
Northern Waste Region of cold in the far North of Middle-earth (also called Forodwaith, see Introduction).
*Northlands (of Númenor) See Forostar.
Northmen The horsemen of Rhovanion, allies of Gondor, ancestrally related to the Edain; from them derived