Eol the Nando

[Tar Elenion]

Originally Posted by Arvegil145

THAT'S IT!!

That's the quote I was looking for...but - that's not the "final" quote I was looking for.

What I've really been trying to ascertain up to this point is this: can a 'Nando' become a 'Sinda'?

Or rather - can any 'immigrant to Beleriand' become a Sinda?

Try Quendi & Eldar in WotJ:
"But when the Nandor were recognized as kinsfolk of Lindarin origin and speech (as was still recognizable), they were received into the class of Celbin."

"Any individual Avar who joined with or was admitted among the Sindar (it rarely happened) became a Calben;"

"Sindar
Less commonly the form Sindel, pl. Sindeldi, is also met in Exilic Quenya. This was the name given by the Exiled Noldor (see Note 11) to the second largest of the divisions of the Eldar. (Note 16, p. 412) It was applied to all the Elves of Telerin origin that the Noldor found in Beleriand, though it later excluded the Nandor, except those who were the direct subjects of Elwe, or had become merged with his people."