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[[Image:Ted Nasmith - Fingolfin Leads the Host Across the Helcaraxë.jpg|thumb|right|''Fingolfin Leads the Host Across the Helcaraxë'' by [[Ted Nasmith]].]] | [[Image:Ted Nasmith - Fingolfin Leads the Host Across the Helcaraxë.jpg|thumb|right|''Fingolfin Leads the Host Across the Helcaraxë'' by [[Ted Nasmith]].]] | ||
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The '''Helcaraxë''' (pron. [[Noldorin|N]] {{IPA|[ˌhelkaˈrakse]}}, [[Vanyarin|V]] {{IPA|[ˌxelkaˈrakse]}}) was the perilous icy wastes that formerly lay between [[Aman]] and [[Middle-earth]] in the north of the world. [[Fingolfin]] and his people made their way into [[Middle-earth]] across the treacherous wastes of the Helcaraxë at the beginning of the [[First Age]]. | The '''Helcaraxë''' (pron. [[Noldorin|N]] {{IPA|[ˌhelkaˈrakse]}}, [[Vanyarin|V]] {{IPA|[ˌxelkaˈrakse]}}) was the perilous icy wastes that formerly lay between [[Aman]] and [[Middle-earth]] in the far north of the world. [[Fingolfin]] and his people made their way into [[Middle-earth]] across the treacherous wastes of the Helcaraxë at the beginning of the [[First Age]]. | ||
A name for this region was also the "Narrow Ice", used by [[Bilbo Baggins]] in his poem [[Song of Eärendil]].<ref>{{FR|II1}}</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word is composed of [[Quenya]] ''[[helca]]'' "ice" and ''[[caraxe]]'' "jagged hedge of spikes" and means "grinding ice". | The word is composed of [[Quenya]] ''[[helca]]'' "ice" and ''[[caraxe]]'' "jagged hedge of spikes" and means "grinding ice". | ||
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The Helcaraxë (pron. N [ˌhelkaˈrakse], V [ˌxelkaˈrakse]) was the perilous icy wastes that formerly lay between Aman and Middle-earth in the far north of the world. Fingolfin and his people made their way into Middle-earth across the treacherous wastes of the Helcaraxë at the beginning of the First Age.
A name for this region was also the "Narrow Ice", used by Bilbo Baggins in his poem Song of Eärendil.[1]
Etymology
The word is composed of Quenya helca "ice" and caraxe "jagged hedge of spikes" and means "grinding ice".
