Ringil

Ringil was the sword of Fingolfin, the High King of the Ñoldor.
== History ==
Ringil was an Elvish sword that "bit" with a chilling cold, with a blade glittering "like ice" by the light of the stars. Fingolfin wielded it to great effect against Morgoth during their duel before the gates of Angband, wounding him seven times. However, he was slain by the Dark Lord, who broke Fingolfin's neck with his foot. With his last breath, Fingolfin hewed Morgoth's foot with Ringil, rendering him lame for the rest of his existence. Ringil's ultimate fate is unknown, it may have been broken by Morgoth's foot, or it could have been stolen, and then experienced a similar fate to Glamdring and Orcrist. It is likely that neither Morgoth nor his subjects would wish to handle the blade, after the grievous injury it dealt to Morgoth.
== Earlier versions of the legendarium ==
Before the tales in the Quenta Silmarillion evolved to their final versions, Ringil was a name of one of the lamp-pillars erected by Melko (Melkor) during the days of the coming of the Valar into Middle-earth - the name of the other pillar being Helkar. Melko (Melkor) made the two pillars, of ice, and from the light they melted, eventually forming seas and lakes.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"
In the final account (the chapter "Of the Beginning of Days" of The Silmarillion), the two Lamps of the Valar themselves have names, and they are Illuin and Ormal - and it is Aulë, Yavanna, and Manwë who invent them. Ringil remained only the name of Fingolfin's sword, and bears the same meaning as it had before.
==Etymology==
The name Ringil may have come from the Quenya ringa ("damp, cold, chilly")The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I or ringi ("cold").The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ሪንጊል
Arabic 	رينجيل
Armenian 	Րինգիլ
Assamese 	ৰিংগিল
Belarusian Cyrillic	Рынгіль
Bengali 	রিংইল
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Рингил
Chinese 	凛吉尔
Dari 	رینگل
Dogri 	रिंगिल
Georgian 	რინგილი
Greek 	Ρινγιλ
Gujarati 	રિંગિલ
Hebrew 	רינגיל
Japanese 	リンギル
Kannada 	ರಿಂಗಿಲ್
Kazakh 	Рінгіл (Cyrillic) Ringil (Latin)
Konkani 	रिंगिल
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Рингил
Macedonian Cyrillic	Рингил
Marathi 	रिंगिल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Рингил
Pashto 	رینګیل
Persian 	رینگیل
Punjabi 	ਰਿੰਗਿਲ
Russian 	Рингил
Sanskrit 	रिङिल्
Serbian 	Рингил (Cyrillic) Ringil (Latin)
Sinhalese 	රින්ගිල්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Рингил
Tamil 	ரிங்கில்
Tatar 	Рингил
Telugu 	రింగిల్
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Рінґіл
Urdu 	رنگال
Uzbek 	Рингил (Cyrillic) Ringil (Latin)
Yiddish 	רינגיל
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