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[[File:Glanduin.png|thumb]]The '''Swanfleet''' or '''Nîn-in-Eilph''' was a marshy area in [[Eriador]].
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The '''Swanfleet''' or '''Nîn-in-Eilph''' was a marshy area in eastern [[Eriador]] through which the lower reaches of the [[Glanduin]] (or "Swanfleet river") flowed before it joined the [[Mitheithel]] (Hoarwell).<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref>  The Swanfleet was effectively an inland delta, with uncertain streams and a very uncertain difference between land and water.


Formed where the [[Glanduin]] (or "Swanfleet river") joined the [[Mitheithel]] (Hoarwell), the Swanfleet was effectively an inland delta, with uncertain streams and a very uncertain difference between land and water.
It strongly resembled the [[Gladden Fields]] on the other side of [[Misty Mountains|Hithaeglir]], and as such many [[Stoors]] felt right at home here after their migration into [[Eriador]]. These Stoors remained here until the [[Great Plague]] nearly wiped them out, and the remainder then went to the [[Southfarthing]] of [[the Shire]].
 
It strongly resembled the [[Gladden Fields]] on the other side of [[Misty Mountains|Hithaeglir]], and as such many [[Stoors]] felt right at home here after their migration into [[Eriador]]. These Stoors remained here until the [[Great Plague]] nearly wiped them out, and the remainder then went to the South Farthing of [[the Shire]].


Near the Swanfleet was a ford over the Glanduin, from where led a road to the ruins of [[Ost-in-Edhil]], the ruined city of [[Eregion]].
Near the Swanfleet was a ford over the Glanduin, from where led a road to the ruins of [[Ost-in-Edhil]], the ruined city of [[Eregion]].
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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name ''Nîn-in-Eilph'' is [[Sindarin]] for "water-lands of the Swans".<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 7</ref>
The name ''Nîn-in-Eilph'' is [[Sindarin]] for "water-lands of the Swans".<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 7</ref>
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Revision as of 06:30, 9 December 2012

Swanfleet
Marsh
File:Glanduin.png
General Information
Other namesNîn-in-Eilph
LocationOn the lower course of the Glanduin in Eriador
TypeMarsh
DescriptionVast marsh
InhabitantsSwans

The Swanfleet or Nîn-in-Eilph was a marshy area in eastern Eriador through which the lower reaches of the Glanduin (or "Swanfleet river") flowed before it joined the Mitheithel (Hoarwell).[1] The Swanfleet was effectively an inland delta, with uncertain streams and a very uncertain difference between land and water.

It strongly resembled the Gladden Fields on the other side of Hithaeglir, and as such many Stoors felt right at home here after their migration into Eriador. These Stoors remained here until the Great Plague nearly wiped them out, and the remainder then went to the Southfarthing of the Shire.

Near the Swanfleet was a ford over the Glanduin, from where led a road to the ruins of Ost-in-Edhil, the ruined city of Eregion.

Etymology

The name Nîn-in-Eilph is Sindarin for "water-lands of the Swans".[2]

References