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'''Emeldir''' the Manhearted (born {{FA|406}}) was the wife of [[Barahir]] and the mother of [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]].<ref>{{WJ|West}}, ''(i) The House of Bëor'', p. 231</ref>  After the [[Dagor Bragollach]], when Barahir and Beren became outlaws, Emeldir (who would have preferred to stay with them to fight) led the women and children in [[Dorthonion]] from their homes through many hardships to [[Brethil]].<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref>
'''Emeldir the Manhearted''' (born {{FA|406}}) was a woman of the [[House of Beor]] in [[Dorthonion]], the wife of [[Barahir]] and the mother of [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]].<ref>{{WJ|West}}, ''(i) The House of Bëor'', p. 231</ref>   
 
After the [[Dagor Bragollach]], when Dorthonion was ruined and infested, Barahir and Beren became outlaws fighting the evil creatures. Emeldir would have preferred to stay with her family to fight, but as the women and children of the First House had to flee from their homes she led them, and after many hardships they reached [[Brethil]].<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that ''Emeldir'' possibly consists of [[Sindarin]] ''emel'' ("mother") + ''dir'' ("man"), yielding a hypothetical translation "manly-mother" or "mother with manly courage" (close in meaning to her epithet the Manhearted).<ref>{{VT|48a}}, pp. 17-8 (note 14)</ref>
[[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that ''Emeldir'' possibly consists of [[Sindarin]] ''emel'' ("mother") + ''dir'' ("man"), yielding a hypothetical translation "manly-mother" or "mother with manly courage" (close in meaning to her epithet the Manhearted).<ref>{{VT|48a}}, pp. 17-8 (note 14)</ref>


== Genealogy ==
== Genealogy ==
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Revision as of 17:27, 10 July 2015

Emeldir
Adan
Biographical Information
Other namesthe Manhearted
BirthF.A. 406
Family
HouseHouse of Bëor
ParentageBeren (son of Belemir)
SiblingsTwo unnamed older siblings
SpouseBarahir
ChildrenBeren
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Emeldir

Emeldir the Manhearted (born F.A. 406) was a woman of the House of Beor in Dorthonion, the wife of Barahir and the mother of Beren Erchamion.[1]

After the Dagor Bragollach, when Dorthonion was ruined and infested, Barahir and Beren became outlaws fighting the evil creatures. Emeldir would have preferred to stay with her family to fight, but as the women and children of the First House had to flee from their homes she led them, and after many hardships they reached Brethil.[2]

Etymology

Patrick H. Wynne has suggested that Emeldir possibly consists of Sindarin emel ("mother") + dir ("man"), yielding a hypothetical translation "manly-mother" or "mother with manly courage" (close in meaning to her epithet the Manhearted).[3]

Genealogy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bëor
262 - 355
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Baran
289 - 390
 
Belen
b. 292
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boron
315 - 408
 
Beldir
b. 316
 
Malach
307 - 398
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Boromir
338 - 432
 
Belemir
b. 339
 
Adanel
b. 339
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bregor
359 - 448
 
 
 
Beren
b. 374
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thingol
Y.T. - 502
 
Melian
 
Barahir
400 - 460
 
EMELDIR
b. 406
 
two children
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lúthien
Y.T. 1200 - F.A. 503
 
 
 
 
 
Beren
432 - 503
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dior
470 - 506
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", (i) The House of Bëor, p. 231
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, pp. 17-8 (note 14)