Morgoth vs. Fingolfin

[obloquy]

Morgoth was still a Vala in nature, he was just "counted no longer among the Valar".

Also, from M-W.com:

Main Entry: hew
Pronunciation: 'hyü
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): hewed; hewed or hewn /'hyün/; hew·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hEawan; akin to Old High German houwan to hew, Lithuanian kauti to forge, Latin cudere to beat
Date: before 12th century
transitive senses
1 : to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
2 : to fell by blows of an ax <hew a tree>
3 : to give form or shape to with or as if with heavy cutting blows <hewed their farms from the wilderness -- J. T. Shotwell>
intransitive senses
1 : to make cutting blows