The Encyclopedia of Arda - Mickleburg (original) (raw)

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Dates Founded before the first rising of the Sun; destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age Location To the east of Mount Dolmed in Ered Luin Race Dwarves Division Not certainly known1 Culture Dwarves of Belegost Pronunciation mi'ckleburg Meaning 'Great city' or 'great fortress' Other names Belegost, Gabilgathol Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 4 November 2013 This entry is complete A great Dwarf-city of the Blue Mountains Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Mannish name for Belegost, the northern of the two great Dwarf-cities of the ancient Blue Mountains. The name 'Mickleburg' is in fact from Old English, and represents a direct translation of the Elvish name Belegost (that is 'great city') which was in turn a translation of the Dwarvish name Gabilgathol. The 'Mickle' of the Mickleburg's name derives from Old English micel meaning 'great, large' and a different version of the same word also appears in 'Michel Delving' the name of the Shire's chief township. Notes 1 Based on comments in volume XII of The History of Middle-earth, it seems that Mickleburg was populated by a clan of Dwarves distinct from the more familiar Longbeards of Durin's Folk. These seem to have been either the Firebeards or the Broadbeams, and (based purely on word order in the original text) Mickleburg appears to have been the domain of the Broadbeam Dwarves. See also... Gabilgathol Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 4 November 2013 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2000, 2009-2010, 2013. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.

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Dates Founded before the first rising of the Sun; destroyed in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age Location To the east of Mount Dolmed in Ered Luin Race Dwarves Division Not certainly known1 Culture Dwarves of Belegost Pronunciation mi'ckleburg Meaning 'Great city' or 'great fortress' Other names Belegost, Gabilgathol Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 4 November 2013 This entry is complete A great Dwarf-city of the Blue Mountains

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Mickleburg

The Mannish name for Belegost, the northern of the two great Dwarf-cities of the ancient Blue Mountains. The name 'Mickleburg' is in fact from Old English, and represents a direct translation of the Elvish name Belegost (that is 'great city') which was in turn a translation of the Dwarvish name Gabilgathol. The 'Mickle' of the Mickleburg's name derives from Old English micel meaning 'great, large' and a different version of the same word also appears in 'Michel Delving' the name of the Shire's chief township. Notes 1 Based on comments in volume XII of The History of Middle-earth, it seems that Mickleburg was populated by a clan of Dwarves distinct from the more familiar Longbeards of Durin's Folk. These seem to have been either the Firebeards or the Broadbeams, and (based purely on word order in the original text) Mickleburg appears to have been the domain of the Broadbeam Dwarves. See also... Gabilgathol Indexes: Alphabetical: M Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 4 November 2013 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2000, 2009-2010, 2013. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.