Angrist

Angrist was a magic dwarvish long knife made by Telchar of Nogrod and borne by Curufin. It was later taken by Beren, who used it to cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown. However, it broke soon after.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part One: "The Grey Annals", §201-3, §205-7
==History==
During the First Age, Angrist was created by the dwarf-smith Telchar in Nogrod, who hung it "sheathless by his side". It was said that it could cleave iron like green wood.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, III: "The Quenta", 10, pgs 112-3, 178 Soon after it was forged, some "treacherous smiths of Nogrod" had gotten ahold of it and enchanted it with cunning magic.
Sometime later, Angrist fell into the possession of Curufin, one of Fëanor's sons. When Curufin and his brother, Celegorm, were banished from Nargothrond in the autumn of the year 465, he laid his hand on the haft of Angrist as he laughed, mockingly naming Orodreth "Sir Steward". After they left, the brothers initially intended to ride to the March of Maedhros, but coincidentally, they encountered Beren and Lúthien in the Forest of Brethil. Curufin wore the knife during the ensuing ambush, wherein he attempted to kidnap Lúthien, but triggered the Leap of Beren as a result, causing Angrist to be taken from him along with his horse and other weapons and gear.
Later, early on in the year 466, Beren snuck into Angband with Lúthien and used Angrist to cut out "the great central"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter I: "The Tale of Tinúviel", pgs. 29, 33 Silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth. But as Beren tried to cut out the other two, the knife snapped in two and the blade-shard smote Morgoth's cheek, causing him to groan and stir. The remnants of Angrist were left behind in the nethermost hall of Angband when Beren and Lúthien escaped Dor-na-Daerachas.
==Etymology==
Angrist was a Sindarin name, meaning "Iron-cleaver",The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Two: "Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings", VI. "Quenta Silmarillion", pg. 303 derived from the elements ang ("iron") and ris ("cleave") or kris, a derivative of kir ("’cleave, cut’, q.v.").The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entries anga and ris
==In other versions==
In The Book of Lost Tales, Beren grabbed a great knife in fear when the castle of Tevildo shook because of the spell being broken by Tinúviel. He kept the knife, but later drew it when he seized the Iron Crown, laboring "as noiselessly as may be to prise out a Silmaril with his knife" until it snapped "with a loud crack"; the sound of which awakened the sleeping Melko. Later, Despite the knife snapping, Beren somehow fingered the knife (or the remnant of it) as he lay dying after fleeing Karkaras Knife-fang. In his commentary, Christopher Tolkien identified this "kitchen-knife" as the direct predecessor of Angrist.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter I: "The Tale of Tinúviel", "Notes and Commentary", pg. 58
The knife was mentioned as "the dirk of Nargil" in Beleg's whetting spell in The Lay of The Children of Húrin.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, I: "The Lay of The Children of Húrin", II: Beleg, pgs. 45, 49 This dirk was a magic knife that was given to Beren by Celegorm as a passing idea.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, III: "The Lay of Leithian", VI: (Beren in Nargothrond)
In later versions and the version published in The Silmarillion,The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX: "Of Beren and Lúthien", pg. 177 this blade became Angrist, which was originally the blade of Curufin. It still maintained its Dwarven heritage, further being described as having been forged by Telchar of Nogrod (in earlier versions he was of Belegost). Although the connotations of it being enchanted were played down but not quite removed in the published version.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓንግሪስት
Arabic 	انغرست
Armenian 	Անգրիստ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ангріст
Bengali 	অংরিস্ট
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ангрист
Chinese 	安格锐斯特
Georgian 	ანგრისთი
Greek 	Ανγριστ
Gujarati 	અઙ્રિસ્ત ?
Hebrew 	אנגריסט
Hindi 	आङ्रिस्त
Japanese 	アングリスト
Kannada 	ಆಂಗ್ರಿಸ್ಟ್
Korean 	안그리스트
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ангрист
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ангрист
Marathi 	अँगिस्ट
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ангрист
Nepalese 	आङ्रिस्त
Pashto 	آنګریست
Persian 	انگریست
Punjabi 	ਐਂਗਰਿਸਟ
Russian 	Ангрист
Sanskrit 	आङ्रिस्त्
Serbian 	Ангрист (Cyrillic) Angrist (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඇන්ග්රිස්ට්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ангрист
Tamil 	அக்ரிஸ்ட்
Thai 	ะงริสต ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Анґріст
Urdu 	انگراسٹ
Uzbek 	Ангрист (Cyrillic) Angrist (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַנגריסט
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