Gelmir

Gelmir was a Ñoldorin Elf of Nargothrond; son of Guilin and brother of Gwindor.
He is most remembered as the Elf whose murder initiated the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.
==Biography==
Gelmir was a Ñoldor Elf from Nargothrond and the brother of Gwindor. Gelmir was captured during the Dagor Bragollach and brought to Angband where he was tortured and blinded. He was enslaved there for seventeen years until the Nírnaeth Arnoediad where he was executed.
Before fighting broke out, Morgoth used him as bait to draw out the Elven forces. His Orcs dragged him out so that his people could see him die a horrible death. The Orcs chopped off his arms and legs and left him to die slowly of his wounds within sight of his loved ones. Gwindor and his fellow soldiers were so enraged by this act that they charged headlong at the Orcs, soon putting Morgoth's forces at an advantage.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
== In other versions ==
In earlier versions of the legendarium Gelmir was the king of the Gnomes. He was son of Golfinweg, brother of Gwindor and the father of Golfin, Delin and Lúthien, who were his lieutenants. His standard "bore upon a silver field a crown of gold".The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, Ch. I: "Prose Fragments Following the Lost Tales" In another account, Gelmir was the son of Nólemë and the father of Fingolfin, and he was slain at Gorfalong during in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Ch. X: "Gilfanon's Tale: The Travail of the Noldoli and the Coming of Mankind", The History of the Exiled Gnomes according to the later outline, pg. 240
Later this tales were attributed to Finwë, and Gelmir remained just the brother of Gwindor.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጌልሚር
Arabic 	جيلمر
Armenian 	Գելմիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гелмір
Bengali 	গেলমীর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гелмир
Chinese (Hong Kong)	吉爾墨
Georgian 	გელმირი
Greek 	Γελμιρ
Gujarati 	ગેલ્મિર
Hebrew 	גילמיר
Japanese 	ゲルミル
Kannada 	ಜೆಲ್ಮಿರ್
Kazakh 	Гелмір (Cyrillic) Gelmir (Latin)
Korean 	겔 미르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Гэлмир
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гелмир
Marathi 	गॅल्मीर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гелмир
Nepalese 	गेलमिर
Pashto 	ګېلمیر
Persian 	گلمیر
Punjabi 	ਗੇਲ੍ਮਿਰ
Russian 	Гельмир
Serbian 	Гелмир (Cyrillic) Gelmir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ජෙල්මීර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Гелмир
Tamil 	கேள்மின்
Telugu 	గెల్మిరః
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ґельмір
Urdu 	گالمیر
Uzbek 	Гелмир (Cyrillic) Gelmir (Latin)
Yiddish 	געלמיר
==References ==
Category:Ñoldor
Category:Elves of Nargothrond
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Elves
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uk:Ґельмір, син Ґуїліна
Category:Elves of Beleriand