Ferumbras Took I: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Ferumbras presumably lived in the first millennium of the [[Shire Reckoning]]. No record of his name exist, but [[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]], the twelfth [[Thain]], was named after him.<ref>The existence of this character is deduced from {{App|Took}}</ref> | Ferumbras presumably lived in the first millennium of the [[Shire Reckoning]] during which he became [[Thain]], sometime after [[Isumbras I]]. | ||
No record of his name exist, but [[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]], the twelfth [[Thain]], was named after him.<ref>The existence of this character is deduced from the ordinals in {{App|Took}}</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== |
Revision as of 21:38, 12 December 2010
Ferumbras Took I | |
---|---|
Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | the Shire |
Birth | Between S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101 |
Death | Between S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101 |
Family | |
Parentage | Unknown |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Ferumbras Took I was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Ferumbras presumably lived in the first millennium of the Shire Reckoning during which he became Thain, sometime after Isumbras I.
No record of his name exist, but Ferumbras II, the twelfth Thain, was named after him.[1]
Etymology
Ferumbras is a name from the legends of Roland, a corruption of Frankish fier à bras, "brave arm".
References
- ↑ The existence of this character is deduced from the ordinals in J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"