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... and I have dwelt with him years uncounted; for ere the fall of Nargothrond or Gondolin I passed over the mountains, and together through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.
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Well, she only says that she passed over the mountains - she does not say that she did so alone. Obviously, when the words were written, the idea was that she crossed the Ered Luin by herself and met Celeborn, a Nando, on the far side. But it could just as easily, in light of the slightly later story, mean that she met Celeborn, now a Sinda, in Beleriand, and then crossed into Eriador with him. Leastways, I have no problem reconciling the statements in this way.