Úmanyar

Úmanyar (Q: "those not of Aman"; or Úmaneldi in the longer form) is the word that the Noldorin Exiles generally used to describe those Eldar who set out on the Great Journey but ultimately remained in Middle-earth. The term particularly applied to the Sindar but also encompassed the Laiquendi and, used broadly, all the Nandor.

The Eldar of Aman described all Elves who did not complete the Great Journey as Moriquendi, but the Exiles found that this term was offensive to the Sindar. To keep peace with their neighbours, the Exiles ceased to use the term Calaquendi (except in written lore) and altered their usage of Moriquendi to refer only to the Avari and other Elven peoples who "had not long dwelt in Beleriand and were not subjects of Elwë." In such circumstances as the "old distinction" had to be spoken of, the polite terms Amanyar and Úmanyar came to be preferred.

On one occasion, Caranthir of the Noldor openly referred to King Thingol of the Sindar as a "Dark Elf" (Q. "Moriquende"). This was meant as an insult; it was especially malicious considering that Thingol alone among the Úmanyar was reckoned as one of the Calaquendi, having been one of the original three Elven ambassadors to Valinor.

A historic name for the Úmanyar that eventually fell out of everyday use during the period of the Noldorin Exile was Hekeldi (sing. Hekel) or, in the speech of the Teleri, Hecelloi (sing. Hecello). Hence the names Hekelmar and Hekeldamar, or Heculbar and Hecellubar in the Telerin, for Beleriand.