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Rochallor

Fingolfin's Challenge by Jenny Dolfen.
Rochallor was the great horse of High King Fingolfin, on which he rode to the gates of Angband and challenged Morgoth to single combat.[source?]

[edit] Etymology

The first element in the name Rochallor is roch, the Sindarin word for "horse".[1] The second element in of unknown meaning.

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
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