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[[File:NOLANOS - Helcaraxe.jpg| | {{object infobox | ||
| name=Ringil | |||
| image=[[File:NOLANOS - Helcaraxe.jpg|250px]] | |||
| caption="Helcaraxe" by [[:Category:Images by NOLANOS|NOLANOS]] | |||
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| location=[[Hithlum]], [[Angband]] | |||
| owner=[[Fingolfin]] | |||
| type=Weapon | |||
| appearance=Sword; said to have glittered like ice | |||
| creator= | |||
| created=[[First Age]] | |||
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| notablefor=wounding [[Morgoth]] seven times | |||
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'''Ringil''' was the name of the sword of [[Fingolfin]], said to have "glittered like ice". With it he wounded [[Morgoth]] seven times in single combat after the [[Dagor Bragollach]].<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref> | '''Ringil''' was the name of the sword of [[Fingolfin]], said to have "glittered like ice". With it he wounded [[Morgoth]] seven times in single combat after the [[Dagor Bragollach]].<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref> | ||
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{{weapons}} | {{weapons}} | ||
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[[Category:Swords]] | [[Category:Swords]] | ||
[[de:Ringil]] | [[de:Ringil]] | ||
[[fr:encyclo/artefacts/armes/ringil]] | [[fr:encyclo/artefacts/armes/ringil]] | ||
[[fi:Ringil]] | [[fi:Ringil]] | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 11 June 2020
| Ringil | |
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| Weapon | |
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| "Helcaraxe" by NOLANOS | |
| Location | Hithlum, Angband |
| Owner | Fingolfin |
| Appearance | Sword; said to have glittered like ice |
| Created | First Age |
| Notable for | wounding Morgoth seven times |
| Gallery | Images of Ringil |
Ringil was the name of the sword of Fingolfin, said to have "glittered like ice". With it he wounded Morgoth seven times in single combat after the Dagor Bragollach.[1]
Etymology
Ringil is a Quenya name, an elaboration of ringë ("cold").[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. Ringil pn.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 26 January 2020)
| Weapons in Tolkien's legendarium | |
| Arrows: | Black Arrow · Dailir · Red Arrow |
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| Axes: | Dramborleg · Durin's Axe |
| Bows: | Belthronding · Bow of Bregor · Bow of the Galadhrim |
| Knives: | Angrist · Barrow-blades · Morgul-knife · Sting |
| Maces: | Grond |
| Spears: | Aeglos |
| Swords: | Anglachel/Gurthang · Anguirel · Aranrúth · Dagmor · Glamdring · Glend · Gúthwinë · Herugrim · Narsil/Andúril · Orcrist · Ringil · Sword of Manwë |
