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-The leader of the first [[Men]] to enter [[Beleriand]], and the first to speak with the [[Eldar]]. Balan and his followers were discovered by [[Finrod Felagund]], travelling in the eastern vales. When he set out again for his lands in the west, Balan entered his service, and remained his faithful vassal until his death. Thus he earned his much better known name, [[Bëor]], which was the word for 'vassal' in his own language. After that time, the leadership of his people was taken up by his elder son [[Baran]], through whom Balan was the ancestor of some of the greatest heroes of the [[Edain]].
+'''''balan''''' (pl. ''belain'') means "[[Valar|Vala]], divine power, divinity" in [[Noldorin|Exilic Noldorin]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 350</ref><ref>[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en-strict.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] (accessed 11 February 2010)</ref>
+'''Balan''' was also the original name of [[Bëor]].<ref>{{S|17}}</ref>
+==Etymology==
+*Root [[BAL]]<ref name=LR/> In ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''balrog'' is glossed as [[Sindarin]] "Demon of Might", indicating the contracted form ''bal-''.<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref>
+==Examples==
+*[[Balrog]]
+{{references}}
+[[de:Beor der Alte#Beschreibung]]
+[[fr:encyclo:personnages:hommes:1a:peuple_de_beor:balan]]
+[[fi:Balan]]
+{{title|lowercase}}
+[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

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