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'''Balcmeg''' was | '''Balcmeg''' was a great [[Orcs|Orc]] slain by [[Tuor]] during the [[Fall of Gondolin]].<ref name="LT2Gondolin">{{LT2|III}}, p. 181</ref> | ||
He only appears in Tolkien's early "[[The Fall of Gondolin (chapter)|The Fall of Gondolin]]". | |||
== Etymology == | |||
''Balcmeg'' is a [[Gnomish]] name meaning "heart of evil".<ref>{{PE|15}}, p. 21</ref> Its [[Qenya]] form was ''Malkamekte''.<ref>{{PE|13}}, p. 105</ref> | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Othrod]] | |||
* [[Lug]] | |||
* [[Orcobal]] | |||
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[[Category:Characters in The Book of Lost Tales]] | |||
[[Category:Gnomish names]] | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Servants of Melkor]] | ||
[[de: | [[de:Othrod]] | ||
[[fr:encyclo | [[fr:encyclo/personnages/orques/othrod]] | ||
[[fi: | [[fi:Othrod]] |
Revision as of 19:49, 14 October 2021
Balcmeg was a great Orc slain by Tuor during the Fall of Gondolin.[1]
He only appears in Tolkien's early "The Fall of Gondolin".
Etymology
Balcmeg is a Gnomish name meaning "heart of evil".[2] Its Qenya form was Malkamekte.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 181
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 21
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments", in Parma Eldalamberon XIII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 105