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==History==
==History==
After the [[War of Wrath]], Amdír came from [[Beleriand]] with his son [[Amroth]], and established himself in [[Lórinand]], where he would soon lead the princeless [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name="AaN">{{HM|UT}}, "[[The History of Galadriel and Celeborn]]", "Amroth and Nimrodel"</ref> Peace lasted, until the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and the subsequent return of [[Sauron]] to [[Middle-earth]]. Though he answered the call of [[Gil-galad]], he did not serve under the [[High King of the Noldor]]. Instead, he joined forces with [[Oropher]], like him a [[Sindar|Sinda]], and joined the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. Ill-equipped and highly independent, Oropher and Amdír were driven back into the [[Dead Marshes]] and slain. [[Thranduil]], the son of [[Oropher]], returned home with less than a third of his original force.<ref name="AppB"/>
After the [[War of Wrath]], Amdír came from [[Beleriand]] with his son [[Amroth]], and established himself in [[Lórinand]], where he would soon lead the princeless [[Silvan Elves]].<ref name="AaN">{{UT|Nimrodel}}</ref>  
 
Peace lasted, until the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and the subsequent return of [[Sauron]] to [[Middle-earth]]. Though he answered the call of [[Gil-galad]] to the [[War of the Last Alliance]], he did not serve under the [[High King of the Noldor]]. Instead, he joined forces with the Sinda [[Oropher]] of [[Greenwood the Great]].  
 
Ill-equipped and highly independent, Oropher and Amdír were driven back into the [[Dead Marshes]] and slain. [[Thranduil]], the son of [[Oropher]], returned home with less than a third of his original force.<ref name="AppB"/>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

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The name Amdír refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Amdir (disambiguation).
Amdír
Sinda
Edward Johnson - Amdir.jpg
Biographical Information
Other namesMalgalad see Etymology
TitlesLord of Lórinand
LocationDoriath,[source?] Lórinand
AffiliationLast Alliance of Elves and Men
LanguageSindarin and Silvan
Ruleuntil S.A. 3434
DeathS.A. 3434
Battle of Dagorlad
Family
ChildrenAmroth
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Amdír

Amdír, also called Malagalad,[1] was a Sindarin Elf of Doriath, who later became the King of Lórien.

History

After the War of Wrath, Amdír came from Beleriand with his son Amroth, and established himself in Lórinand, where he would soon lead the princeless Silvan Elves.[2]

Peace lasted, until the Downfall of Númenor and the subsequent return of Sauron to Middle-earth. Though he answered the call of Gil-galad to the War of the Last Alliance, he did not serve under the High King of the Noldor. Instead, he joined forces with the Sinda Oropher of Greenwood the Great.

Ill-equipped and highly independent, Oropher and Amdír were driven back into the Dead Marshes and slain. Thranduil, the son of Oropher, returned home with less than a third of his original force.[1]

Etymology

The word Amdir, without the long í, is recorded as a word for "Hope", or "looking up", in Sindarin.[3] The King of Lórien is called Malgalad in one text, detailing the fate of the Sindarin kings in the Battle of Dagorlad. Christopher Tolkien argues that, since they are contemporaries and both described as Kings that died in the Battle of Dagorlad, they are likely the same.[1] It is unclear however which form was abandoned. Malgalad likely means "Gold-shine", from malt, "gold (the metal)"[4] and galad, "light, radiance, glittering, reflection (from jewels, glass or polished metal, or water)"[5] or "Golden-tree", from the outdated spelling of galadh.[6]

References