Meneldor was a Great Eagle who dwelt at one of the eyries in the northern half of the Misty Mountains.
Biography[]
He was a friend and follower of Gwaihir and probably dwelt with him at one of the eyries of the Misty Mountains. He along with Gwaihir and Landroval was one of the Eagles who rescued Frodo and Sam from the slopes of Mount Doom, after the destruction of the One Ring.[1]
Etymology[]
The first element of Meneldor, menel, means "heaven".[2]
In adaptations[]
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Meneldor and his brother Landroval appear at several points throughout the game. The player first meet them in the Wailing Hills south of Lothlórien where they help the Eagles deal with an infestastion of spiders. After their participation in the Battle of the Morannon, the player meets the Eagles once again when they reach the Carrock.
Meneldor as seen in The Lord of the Rings Online
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | مينلدور |
| Armenian | Մենելդոր |
| Assamese | মেনেলডৰ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Менелдор |
| Bengali | মেনালদোর |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Менелдор |
| Georgian | მენელდორი |
| Greek | Μενέλδορ |
| Gujarati | મેનેલ્ડોર |
| Hindi | मेनेल्दोर |
| Japanese | メネルドール |
| Kannada | ಮೆನೆಲ್ಡರ್ |
| Kazakh | Менелдор (Cyrillic) Meneldor (Latin) |
| Korean | 메넬 도르 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Мэнэлдор |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Менелдор |
| Malayalam | മെനെൽഡോർ |
| Marathi | मेनेल्डोर |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Мэнэлдор |
| Nepalese | मेनेल्दोर |
| Persian | منلدور |
| Russian | Менельдор |
| Sanskrit | मेनेल्डोर् |
| Serbian | Менелдор (Cyrillic) Meneldor (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | මෙනෙල්ඩෝර් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Менелдор |
| Tamil | மெனெல்டர் |
| Tatar | Менельдор |
| Telugu | మెనెల్డోర్ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Менелдор |
| Yiddish | מענעלדאָר |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter IV: "The Field of Cormallen"
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien