Horse of Glorfindel. Asfaloth was a white horse whose pace was light and smooth but swift. Glorfindel rode Asfaloth using a saddle with stirrups and a headstall studded with jewels. On October 9, 3018, Glorfindel left Rivendell riding Asfaloth in search of Frodo Baggins. The Elf-lord rode his horse down the Great East Road to the Last Bridge, where they encountered three Nazgul on October 11. They pursued the Nazgul westward and encountered two more before returning to pick up Frodo's trail. On October 18, they caught up to the Hobbits and Aragorn, and Glorfindel set the wounded Frodo upon Asfaloth. As they approached the Ford of Bruinen on October 20, the Nazgul appeared. Asfaloth leaped forward, but Frodo reined the horse in, feeling a strange reluctance to flee. Then Glorfindel called out, "Noro lim, noro lim, Asfaloth!" and the horse ran swiftly down the Road, outpacing the steeds of the Nazgul. Asfaloth passed right in front of one of the Nazgul and then plunged into the waters of the Bruinen, carrying Frodo across the Ford to the edge of Rivendell. Asfaloth turned and neighed fiercely at the Nazgul on the opposite bank. Frodo, compelled by the Ring, remained facing them but he resisted their command to give up saying, "By Elbereth and Luthien Fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!" Asfaloth reared and snorted as the Nazgul approached, but then the waters of the Bruinen rose commanded by Elrond and Gandalf and the Nazgul were swept away. The meaning of the name Asfaloth is not known. It may be derived from the root phal or phálas meaning "foam" and the word loth meaning "flower, white blossom." Noro lim - Glorfindel's command to Asfaloth - means "run swift."