Aegnor

Aegnor (Years of the Trees – First Age 455) was an Elf, a son of Finarfin and a Lord of the Noldor. As recounted in The Shibboleth of Fëanor, he was terrible in battle, seemingly having a fire in his eyes, and his golden hair was stiff and straight.

Aegnor was the elder brother of Galadriel and the younger brother of Finrod Felagund and Angrod. Together with Angrod he held the highlands of Dorthonion against Morgoth. Aegnor and Angrod were both slain in the Dagor Bragollach ("Battle of Sudden Flame").

Aegnor never married. He was in love with the Bëorian woman Andreth, but because of the war did not make his intentions towards her clear, and was killed soon after.

Etymology

Aegnor's mother-name was Aicanáro, meaning "Sharp-flame" in Quenya, given in regards to his character. Aegnor is the Sindarin version of his mother-name.

Genealogy

          Finarfin = Eärwen
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Finrod    Angrod      AEGNOR     Galadriel
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         Orodreth
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        Gil-galad, last High King of the Noldor

Other Versions of the Legendarium

Some writings refer to an Egnor, who is in some a Gnome, the father of Beren Erchamion, and in others a son of Finrod that fell during the Siege of Angband. It is quite possible that Egnor was just a name for Aegnor in the earliest form of its development.