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Nahar
The horse of the Vala Oromë, said by the Eldar to be so named on account of his voice.

Náin
Dwarf of Erebor, father of Thrain I.

Námo Mandos   Ordainer, Judge
A Vala, one of the Aratar; usually named Mandos, the place of his dwelling.
>>>  Nurufantur

Nan Dungortheb   Valley of Dreadful Death
Also Dungortheb. The valley between the precipices of Ered Gorgoroth and the Girdle of Melian.

Nan Elmoth
The forest east of the river Celon where Elwë (Thingol) was enchanted by Melian and lost; afterwards the dwelling-place of Eöl.

Nan-tathren   Willow-vale
Translated as 'the Land of Willows', where the river Narog flowed into Sirion. In Treebeard's song in The Two Towers III 4 Quenya forms of the name are used: in the willow-meads of Tasarinan; Nan-tasarion.

Nandor   Those who turn back
The Nandor were those Elves from the host of the Teleri who refused to cross the Misty Mountains on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, but of whom a part, led by Denethor, came long afterwards over the Blue Mountains and dwelt in Ossiriand (as the Green-elves).

Nanduhirion
Valley of the upper Celebrant River. Battle-place in the War of Dwarves and Orcs.
>>>  Azanulbizar, Kheled Zaram

Nargothrond   Great underground fortress on the river Narog
Founded by Finrod Felagund and destroyed by the dragon Glaurung; also the realm of Nargothrond extending east and west of the Narog.

Narmacil
King of Gondor.

Narn i Hîn Húrin   Tale of the Children of Húrin
The long lay from which SIL Chapter XXI was derived; ascribed to the poet Dirhavel, a Man who lived at the Havens of Sirion in the days of Eärendil and perished in the attack of the sons of Fëanor. Narn signifies a tale made in verse, but to be spoken and not sung. See Chapter in UT.

Narog
The chief river of West Beleriand, rising at Ivrin under Ered Wethrin and flowing into Sirion in Nan-tathren.

Narrows   Narrows

Narsil
The sword of Elendil, made by Telchar of Nogrod, that was broken when Elendil died in combat with Sauron; from the shards it was reforged for Aragorn II and named Anduril.

Narsilion
The Song of the Sun and Moon.

Narya
One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Fire or the Red Ring; borne by Círdan and afterwards by Mithrandir.

Nauglamír   Necklace of the Dwarves
Made for Finrod Felagund by the Dwarves, brought by Húrin out of Nargothrond to Thingol, and the cause of his death.

Naugrim   Stunted People
Sindarin name for the Dwarves.

Nazgûl   Ringwraiths
The most powerful servants of Sauron and slaves to the Nine Rings of Men.
>>>  Black Riders

Necromancer

Neithan   one who is deprived
Name given to himself by Túrin among the outlaws, translated as 'The Wronged'.

Neldoreth
The great beech-forest forming the northern part of Doriath; called Taur-na-Neldor in Treebeard's song in The Two Towers HI 4.

Nen Girith   Shuddering Water
Name given to Dimrost, the falls of Celebros in the Forest of Brethil.

Nen Hithoel

Nénar
Name of a star.

Nenning
River in West Beleriand, reaching the sea at the Haven of Eglarest.

Nenuial   Lake of Twilight
Lake Evendim in Eriador, where the river Baranduin rose, and beside which the city of Annúminas was built.

Nenya
One of the Three Rings of the Elves, the Ring of Water, borne by Galadriel; also called the Ring of Adamant.

Nerdanel
Called the Wise; daughter of Mahtan the smith, wife of Fëanor.

Nerwen

Nessa
One of the Valier, the sister of Oromë and spouse of Tulkas. 18, 22, 31

Nevrast   Hither Shore
The region west of Dor-lómin, beyond Ered Lómin, where Turgon dwelt before his departure to Gondolin. The name, meaning 'Hither Shore', was originally that of all the northwestern coast of Middle-earth (the opposite being Haerast 'the Far Shore', the coast of Aman).

Neya

Nienna
One of the Valier, numbered among the Aratar; Lady of pity and mourning, the sister of Mandos and Lórien.

Nienor   Mourning
The daughter of Húrin and Morwen and sister of Túrin; spell-bound by Glaurung at Nargothrond and in ignorance of her past wedded Túrin in Brethil in her name Níniel; cast herself into the Teiglin.

Nimbrethil
Birch-woods in Arvernien in the south of Beleriand. Cf. Bilbo's song at Rivendell: 'He built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil to journey in …' (The Fellowship of the Ring II 1).

Nimloth   White Blossom
(1) The White Tree of Númenor, of which a fruit taken by Isildur before it was felled grew into the White Tree of Minas Ithil. Nimloth is the Sindarin form of Quenya Ninquelótë, one of the names of Telperion.
(2) Elf of Doriath who wedded Dior Thingol's Heir; mother of Elwing; slain in Menegroth in the attack by the sons of Fëanor.

Nimphelos
The great pearl given by Thingol to the lord of the Dwarves of Belegost.

Nimrodel
Elf of Lothlórien who drowned in the river afterwards bearing her name.

Nindalf

Níniel   Tear-maiden
The name that Túrin, ignorant of their relationship, gave to his sister Nienor.

Ninquelótë   White Blossom
A name of Telperion; see Nimloth (1).

niphredil
A white flower that bloomed in Doriath in starlight when Lúthien was born. It grew also on Cerin Amroth in Lothlórien (The Fellowship of the Ring II 6, 8).

Nirnaeth Arnoediad   Tears Unnumbered
The name given to the ruinous fifth battle in the Wars of Beleriand.

Nivrim
That part of Doriath that lay on the west bank of Sirion.

Noegyth Nibin   Petty-dwarves
See Dwarves.

Nogrod
One of the two cities of the Dwarves in the Blue Mountains; translation into Sindarin of Dwarvish Tumunzahar. See Hollowbold.

Noldor   the Wise
The Deep Elves, the second host of the Eldar on the westward journey from Cuiviénen, led by Finwë. Later a part of the Noldor under the leadership of Fëanor were exiled from the West and returned to Beleriand to establish their realms there and a resistance to Morgoth.
The name (Quenya Noldo, Sindarin Golodh) meant 'the Wise' (but wise in the sense of possessing knowledge, not in the sense of possessing sagacity, sound judgement). For the language of the Noldor see Quenya.

Noldolantë   Fall of the Noldor
A lament made by Maglor son of Fëanor.

Nóm, Nómin   Wisdom, the Wise
The names that the Men of Bëor's following gave to Finrod and his people in their own tongue.

North Downs
In Eriador, where was built the Númenórean city of Fornost.

Northern Realm
See Arnor.

Northfarthing
See Farthings.

Nulukkizdîn
Dwarvish name of Nargothrond.

Númenor   Westland
(In full Quenya form Númenórë) 'Westernesse', 'Westland', the great island prepared by the Valar as a dwelling-place for the Edain after the ending of the First Age. Called also Anadûnë, Andor, Elenna, the Land of the Star, and after its downfall Akallabêth, Atalantë, and Mar-nu-Falmar.
Númenóreans : The Men of Númenor, called also Dúnedain.

Nunduinë

Núrnen
The South-East of Mordor with the great Lake of Nurn.

Nurtalë Valinóreva   Hiding of Valinor

Nurufantur
Older name of the Vala Námo.

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Tolkienion 2003 : Letter "N" of 1338 Entries