Borthand
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Borthand | |
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Easterling | |
"Bor with his sons" by Helena Stepanova | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | East Beleriand |
Affiliation | Union of Maedhros |
Birth | First Age |
Death | F.A. 472 Nirnaeth Arnoediad |
Family | |
Parentage | Bór |
Siblings | Borlad and Borlach |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Borthand |
Borthand was one of the sons of Bór.
History[edit | edit source]
After following his father into Beleriand, Borthand entered the service of Maedhros and Maglor.[1] He fought in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was faithful to the Noldor, taking a part in the slaying of Ulfang's sons before he was himself slain.[2]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
Bór d. F.A. 472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borlach d. F.A. 472 | Borlad d. F.A. 472 | BORTHAND d. F.A. 472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology[edit | edit source]
An early version of the name, Borthandos, was said to come from a word borth-, unlike his father's and brothers' names, which come from BOR-, "loyal". The meaning of borth- is nowhere mentioned.[3]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In the appendix of The Lost Road it states that Borthand (then called Borthandos) was born in the year 147.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", root BOR-
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Appendix: I. The Genealogies"