Means "People of Haleth" in Elvish, a word that isn't seen very often.

The Elvish name referring to the people of the House of Haleth, the second of the three houses of the Edain, who went to Beleriand from the Eastern lands .

There they lived for a while in the south of Thargelion and then went westward under the banner of Lady Haleth, the daughter of Haldad.

They gathered mostly, although they were a widespread woodfolk, at the Amon Obel in the Forest of Brethil.
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