Elven Characteristics

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Originally Posted by mhagain

In the Grey Annals we have this statement for year 422:



I believe that the remark about the "people of Hador" is intended to be by comparison to the "men of Beor" and not to the Noldor here, but it really can be read either way.

Quendi and Eldar has the following:



So what applies to the Noldor also applies in general to the Sindar.

The Sindar were definitely shorter than the Noldor. A tall Sindarin elf like Celeborn was the same height as Galadriel. Of course there are exceptions.

I would imagine the elves in general were tall and wiry. Closer to the Aragorn build than Boromir.