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'''Sangahyando''' was a great-grandson of [[Castamir]], who had usurped the throne of [[Gondor]]. After the rightful King, [[Eldacar]], had regained his realm, Castamir's sons fled to [[Umbar]], where they formed a refuge and base for the enemies of Gondor. Sangahyando was one of their descendants, and with another, [[Angamaitë]], he led a raid on [[Pelargir]] nearly two hundred years after their grandfathers had been driven from that city into exile. Their raid was a stunning success, and they succeeded in slaying Gondor's King at that time, [[Minardil]]. | '''Sangahyando''' was a great-grandson of [[Castamir]], who had usurped the throne of [[Gondor]]. After the rightful King, [[Eldacar (King of Gondor)|Eldacar]], had regained his realm, Castamir's sons fled to the [[Umbar]], where they formed a refuge and base for the enemies of Gondor. Sangahyando was one of their descendants, and with another, [[Angamaitë]], he led a raid on [[Pelargir]] nearly two hundred years after their grandfathers had been driven from that city into exile. Their raid was a stunning success, and they succeeded in slaying Gondor's King at that time, [[Minardil]].<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, Minardil, p. 199</ref> | ||
==Genealogy== | |||
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==Etymology== | |||
The [[Quenya]] name ''Sangahyando'' literally means "Throng-cleaver" (said to be interpretable as "hewer of hostile ranks"). The first element in the name is ''sanga'' ("throng").<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 116</ref> | |||
In the first edition of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', the name was misprinted as ''Sangahyanda''.<ref name=PE17/> | |||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | |||
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', [[Qenya]] ''sangahyando'' ("throng-cleaver") is said to be the name of a sword.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 388-9 (entries for STAG- and SYAD-)</ref><ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 16</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 10:21, 6 April 2013
Sangahyando was a great-grandson of Castamir, who had usurped the throne of Gondor. After the rightful King, Eldacar, had regained his realm, Castamir's sons fled to the Umbar, where they formed a refuge and base for the enemies of Gondor. Sangahyando was one of their descendants, and with another, Angamaitë, he led a raid on Pelargir nearly two hundred years after their grandfathers had been driven from that city into exile. Their raid was a stunning success, and they succeeded in slaying Gondor's King at that time, Minardil.[1]
Genealogy
Calimehtar | |||||||||||||||||
Castamir | |||||||||||||||||
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Angamaitë | Sangahyando | ||||||||||||||||
Etymology
The Quenya name Sangahyando literally means "Throng-cleaver" (said to be interpretable as "hewer of hostile ranks"). The first element in the name is sanga ("throng").[2]
In the first edition of The Lord of the Rings, the name was misprinted as Sangahyanda.[2]
Other versions of the legendarium
In the Etymologies, Qenya sangahyando ("throng-cleaver") is said to be the name of a sword.[3][4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", Minardil, p. 199
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 116
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 388-9 (entries for STAG- and SYAD-)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 16