What name did Aragorn give to the reforged sword made from Narsil in The Lord of the Rings?

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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn’s reforged sword is named Andúril.

The sword was created from the shards of Narsil, the blade that cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand during the battle at the end of the Second Age. Elendil, Aragorn’s ancestor, had wielded Narsil, but the weapon broke when Elendil fell. The shards remained an important symbol of the royal line of Númenor and Gondor.

After being reforged, the sword was called Andúril, meaning “Flame of the West” in Tolkien’s constructed language Quenya. It represents Aragorn’s inheritance and his claim to kingship. The blade is sometimes confused with other famous weapons in the story, such as Gandalf’s Glamdring, Thorin’s Orcrist, and Bilbo’s Sting, but those swords have separate histories.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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