Finrod Felagund

Finrod
Tolkien's legendarium character
Aliases	Findaráto Artafindë Ingoldo, Nóm, Felagund, 'The Faithful', 'Friend of Men', King of Nargothrond
Race	Elf
Gender	male
Book(s)	The Silmarillion

Finrod Felagund (IPA: [ˈfinrod ˈfelaɡund] is a fictional character in the fantasy-world Middle-earth of the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. He appears in The Silmarillion, the epic poem The Lay of Leithian and the Grey Annals, as well as other material.

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Finrod Felagund was a Noldorin Elf, the eldest son of Finarfin and Eärwen of Alqualondë in Aman. He was the brother of Galadriel, Angrod and Aegnor and Orodreth. He was the king of Nargothrond before travelling into the west. There, the men gave him another title, Nóm, meaning "Wise".

The name Finrod is a Sindarin form of his Telerin (Quenya) name Findaráto, with the approximate meaning "Mighty descendant of Finwë". (More fully it was Findaráto Ingoldo, including the name given by his mother which was never translated.) Artafindë was the proper Noldorin Quenya version of Findaráto. Felagund was an epessë given to him by the Dwarves who expanded the caves of Nargothrond, a Sindarin adaption of the Khuzdul name Felakgundu "Hewer of Caves". Another name given to Finrod was Nóm ("Wisdom"). It was given to him by Bëor and his followers. His other titles include: King/Lord of Nargothrond, Friend-of-Men.

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