Drengist
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Drengist was a firth in Beleriand. It broke through the Ered Lómin and ended in the Cirith Ninniach. The lands to the north were known as Lammoth, and to the south laid Nevrast.[1]
History
Fëanor and the Noldor landed on the shores of Drengist, and their ships were burned at Losgar, which was located at the outlet of the bay.[2] From there on, Fëanor and his men pierced into Hithlum.[3]
Etymology
In an early manuscript by Tolkien, Drengist is glossed as the Elvish translation of Old English Nearufléot. The latter name is said by Christopher Tolkien to consists of nearu ("narrow") + fléot ("arm of the sea, estuary, firth").[4] The Elvish etymology of the name Drengist itself, however, appears to have been nowhere explained by Tolkien.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Flight of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: Appendix 1: Fragments of a translation of The Quenta Noldorinwa into Old English, made by Ælfwine or Eriol; together with Old English equivalents of Elvish names", p. 210
