11.06.2008, 13:45
Citation :The title of the chieftains of Brethil should be not lord nor Master. They were elected from the family of Haldad - called the Haladin, that is 'wardens'. For hal(a) = in the old tongue of Bëor's house and Haldad's ‘watch, guard’. Halad was a warden. (Haldad = watchdog.).
The War of the Jewels, Part Three, The Wanderings of Húri and parts of the "Quenta Silmarillion", p. 270