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''Helcaraxë'' is composed of [[Quenya]] ''[[helca]]'' "ice, ice-cold" and ''[[karakse|caraxe]]'' "jagged hedge of spikes".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. | ''Helcaraxë'' is composed of [[Quenya]] ''[[helca]]'' "ice, ice-cold" and ''[[karakse|caraxe]]'' "jagged hedge of spikes".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 362 (entry [[KARAK|KARAK-]])</ref><ref>[[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]" (accessed 27 March 2011)</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:24, 27 March 2011
Helcaraxë (pron. N [ˌhelkaˈrakse], V [ˌxelkaˈrakse]) was the perilous icy wastes that formerly lay between Araman (a region in the north of Aman) and Middle-earth in the far north of Arda.[1] Here met the Encircling Sea and the Belegaer, creating "vast fogs and mists of deathly cold, and the sea-streams were filled with clashing hills of ice and the grinding of ice deep-sunken."[2]
At the beginning of the First Age, Morgoth and Ungoliant, escaping from the pursuit of the Valar, fled to Middle-earth across the treacherous wastes of the Helcaraxë. Later, Fingolfin and his people also made their way into Middle-earth across the Helcaraxë.[2]
Helcaraxë was also referred to as the Grinding Ice.[3][4] Another name for this region was perhaps also the Narrow Ice, used by Bilbo Baggins in his poem Song of Eärendil.[5]
Etymology
Helcaraxë is composed of Quenya helca "ice, ice-cold" and caraxe "jagged hedge of spikes".[6][7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Noldor in Beleriand"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 362 (entry KARAK-)
- ↑ Helge Kåre Fauskanger, "Quettaparma Quenyallo" (accessed 27 March 2011)