Places in Middle-earth
Celebros
Type: Rivers & Lakes
Region: Beleriand & North
Meaning: Silver Foam or Silver Rain
Location: A tributary stream of the River Teiglin, arising on Amon Obel in the Forest of Brethil.
Description:
Celebros ... [A] stream in Brethil falling down to Teiglin near the Crossings.
The Silmarillion, Index of Names
On the next day they bore her towards Ephel Brandir; but when they came to Dimrost, the Rainy Stair, where the tumbling stream of Celebros fell towards Teiglin, a great shuddering came upon her, wherefore afterwards that place was called Nen Girith, the Shuddering Water.
The Celebros, at its confluence with the Teiglin in Brethil.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 21, Of Túrin Turambar
In the morning they bore Níniel towards Ephel Brandir, and the road went steeply upward towards Amon Obel until it came to a place where it must cross the tumbling stream of Celebros. There a bridge of wood had been built, and below it the stream went over a lip of worn stone, and fell down by many foaming steps into a rocky bowl far below; and all the air was filled with spray like rain. There was a wide greensward at the head of the falls, and birches grew about it, but over the bridge there was a wide view towards the ravines of Teiglin some two miles to the west. There the air was cool and there wayfarers in summer would rest and drink of the cold water.
Unfinished Tales, Part 1, Ch 2, Narn I Hîn Húrin: Nienor in Brethil
[Brandir] came at last to the bridge over Celebros... five leagues 1 at the least from [Ephel Brandir].
Unfinished Tales, Part 1, Ch 2, Narn I Hîn Húrin: The Death of Glaurung
Etymology
celeb 'silver' (Quenya telep, telpë, as in Telperion) in Celeborn, Celebrant, Celebros. Celebrimbor means 'silver-fist', from the adjective celebrin 'silver' (meaning not 'made of silver' but 'like silver, in hue or worth') and paur (Quenya quare) 'fist' often used to mean 'hand'; the Quenya form of the name was Telperinquar. Celebrindal has celebrin and tal, dal 'foot'....
ros 'foam, spindrift, spray' in Celebros, Elros, Rauros; also in Cair Andros, an island in the river Anduin.
The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names
Notes
1 A league is approximately three of our miles.
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 1, The Disaster of the Gladden Fields: Appendix, Númenórean Linear Measures
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 25Jul07, 27Nov09, 25Dec11
