Nimbrethil also known as Birchwoods of Nimbrethil was a Birch-tree forest in the land of Arvernien in the south Beleriand during the First Age.[1]
According to The Atlas of Middle-earth, Nimbrethil was about forty miles from east to west.[2]
History
Nimbrethil's birches were used by Eärendil to build his well-known sailing-ship Vingilot. Nimbrethil was lost along with everything else in the Beleriand at the end of the First Age.[3] The forest was recalled when Bilbo chanted the Song of Eärendil in Rivendell.[4]
Etymology
Nimbrethil is a Sindarin word that meant 'White' or 'Silver birches'.[5]
References
- ↑ The Silmarillion (inside cover), "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Chapter I: "Many Meetings"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names
