Ornil
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Ornil | |
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Noldo | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | Tumhalad, Realm of Nargothrond |
Affiliation | Elves of Nargothrond |
Language | Sindarin |
Birth | fl. F.A. 495 |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
- "Even so fall the people of Nargothrond, but for them there shall come no Spring."
- ― Ornil in The Grey Annals
Ornil was an Elf of Nargothrond who met Túrin after the Battle of Tumhalad.
History[edit | edit source]
After Gwindor's death, Túrin started to rush back to Nargothrond, gathering any survivors of the battle in the process, including Ornil. As leaves were falling from trees in a great wind, Ornil compared the changing of the seasons to the Fall of Nargothrond, causing Túrin's pace to hasten.[1] Nothing else is known about him.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name Ornil is in Sindarin. While its meaning is not entirely clear, according to Eldamo it might contain the element orn ("tree").[2]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Orlin, kinsmen of Túrin through Mavwin according to the early legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §277, p. 86
- ↑ Paul Strack, "S. Ornil m.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 25 March 2022)