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Dates Born I 4061 Race Men Division Edain Culture Men of Dorthonion Family House of Bëor Settlements Originally dwelt in Dorthonion; later escaped to Brethil Pronunciation eme'ldeerr (the final 'r' sound should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this) Meaning Uncertain2 Titles The Manhearted Indexes: Alphabetical: E Men About this entry: Updated 10 March 2019 Updates planned: 1 The ‘Manhearted’ wife of Barahir Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Beren3 (Two unnamed siblings)4 Emeldir Barahir Beren Erchamion The wife of Barahir and the mother of Beren Erchamion. After the Dagor Bragollach, when Barahir and Beren became outlaws, Emeldir fled from their home in Dorthonion with many of the women and children of Barahir's people. Notes 1 Emeldir lived until at least the year I 455, when she would have been 49 year old. This was the year of the Dagor Bragollach in which she led the women and children of Dorthonion to safety in Brethil. She evidently survived the journey, but of her subsequent life in Brethil we have no record. 2 Emeldir's name is not explained, but it seems to contain the old element dír meaning 'man'. This is a clue that Emeldir might be taken from her title 'Manhearted' (or, more precisely, that Emeldir's title 'the Manhearted' was actually a translation of her name). Emel- is not attested as 'heart' (its more usual translation was 'mother') though this perhaps represents an indirect connection with the root-word mel- for 'love' or 'friendship'. So, Emeldir as an Elvish form of 'Manhearted' cannot be taken as certain, but it would follow a common pattern of English titles representing translations of Elvish names. 3 Presumably Emeldir named her famous and heroic son Beren after her father. The elder Beren is much less well-known than his grandson, and he only receives a passing mention in the index to the published Silmarillion. He was a great-great-grandson of Bëor the Old, being descended from Bëor's younger son Belen. 4 In a genealogy of the House of Bëor given in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth, Emeldir's name is marked with a note as '(dtr. & third child)'. This is our only mention of her siblings (and indeed the note gives us no real clues as to whether they were brothers or sisters) but it does seem that the elder Beren had at least three children, of whom Emeldir was the youngest. See also... Barahir, Bëorians, Beren, Men of Dorthonion, The Manhearted Indexes: Alphabetical: E Men About this entry: Updated 10 March 2019 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008, 2019. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Add your corporate identity to your DISC profiles and DISC reports with Discus' branding features.

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Dates Born I 4061 Race Men Division Edain Culture Men of Dorthonion Family House of Bëor Settlements Originally dwelt in Dorthonion; later escaped to Brethil Pronunciation eme'ldeerr (the final 'r' sound should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this) Meaning Uncertain2 Titles The Manhearted Indexes: Alphabetical: E Men About this entry: Updated 10 March 2019 Updates planned: 1 The ‘Manhearted’ wife of Barahir

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Beren3

(Two unnamed siblings)4 Emeldir

Barahir

Beren Erchamion The wife of Barahir and the mother of Beren Erchamion. After the Dagor Bragollach, when Barahir and Beren became outlaws, Emeldir fled from their home in Dorthonion with many of the women and children of Barahir's people. Notes 1 Emeldir lived until at least the year I 455, when she would have been 49 year old. This was the year of the Dagor Bragollach in which she led the women and children of Dorthonion to safety in Brethil. She evidently survived the journey, but of her subsequent life in Brethil we have no record. 2 Emeldir's name is not explained, but it seems to contain the old element dír meaning 'man'. This is a clue that Emeldir might be taken from her title 'Manhearted' (or, more precisely, that Emeldir's title 'the Manhearted' was actually a translation of her name). Emel- is not attested as 'heart' (its more usual translation was 'mother') though this perhaps represents an indirect connection with the root-word mel- for 'love' or 'friendship'. So, Emeldir as an Elvish form of 'Manhearted' cannot be taken as certain, but it would follow a common pattern of English titles representing translations of Elvish names. 3 Presumably Emeldir named her famous and heroic son Beren after her father. The elder Beren is much less well-known than his grandson, and he only receives a passing mention in the index to the published Silmarillion. He was a great-great-grandson of Bëor the Old, being descended from Bëor's younger son Belen. 4 In a genealogy of the House of Bëor given in volume XI of The History of Middle-earth, Emeldir's name is marked with a note as '(dtr. & third child)'. This is our only mention of her siblings (and indeed the note gives us no real clues as to whether they were brothers or sisters) but it does seem that the elder Beren had at least three children, of whom Emeldir was the youngest. See also... Barahir, Bëorians, Beren, Men of Dorthonion, The Manhearted Indexes: Alphabetical: E Men About this entry: Updated 10 March 2019 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008, 2019. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Add your corporate identity to your DISC profiles and DISC reports with Discus' branding features.