now amidmost of that island is there still a town that is aged among men , but its age among the elves is greater far ; and , for this is a book of the lost tales of elfinesse , it shall be named in their tongue kortirion , which the gnomes call mindon gwar.~ upon the hill of gwar dwelt in the days of the english a man and his name was deor , and he came thither from afar , from the south of the island and from the forests and from the enchanted west , where albeit he was of the english folk he had long time wandered .