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'''Déagol''', was the [[Stoors|Stoor]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] who had found [[the One Ring]] while diving in the [[Gladden River|Gladden]] river (a tributary to the [[Anduin]]) with his friend and relative [[Sméagol]]<ref>{{L|214}} p.292</ref>. Sméagol (later known as [[Gollum]]) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.
'''Déagol''', was the [[Stoors|Stoor]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] who had found [[the One Ring]] while diving in the [[Gladden River|Gladden]] river (a tributary to the [[Anduin]]) with his friend and relative [[Sméagol]]<ref>{{L|214}} p.292</ref>. Sméagol (later known as [[Gollum]]) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.<ref>{{FR|I2}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Déagol is an [[Old English]] translation of the "original" [[Westron]] name '[[Nahald]]'. Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".
Déagol is an [[Old English]] translation of the "original" [[Westron]] name '[[Nahald]]'.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref> Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".


==Adaptations==
==Adaptations==
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:Déagol is played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Thomas Robins]].
:Déagol is played by [[New Zealand]] actor [[Thomas Robins]].


{{sequence|prev=[[Isildur]], c. 2461 years earlier|next=[[Gollum|Sméagol]]|list=[[Ring-bearer]]<br>briefly, c. [[Third Age 2463|T.A. 2463]]}}
{{sequence|prev=[[Isildur]], c. 2461 years earlier|next=[[Gollum|Sméagol]]|list=[[Ring-bearer]]<br>briefly, c. {{TA|2463}}}}


{{references}}
{{references}}
*[[Appendix B]]
[[Category:Stoors]]
[[Category:Stoors]]
[[Category:Ring-bearers]]
[[Category:Ring-bearers]]

Revision as of 03:38, 30 January 2012

Déagol
Hobbit
File:Peter Jackson's The Return of the King - 0003.jpg
Biographical Information
LocationNorth Anduin
Birthc. T.A. 2400-T.A. 2450
Deathc. T.A. 2463[1]
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Déagol

Déagol, was the Stoor Hobbit who had found the One Ring while diving in the Gladden river (a tributary to the Anduin) with his friend and relative Sméagol[2]. Sméagol (later known as Gollum) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.[3]

Etymology

Déagol is an Old English translation of the "original" Westron name 'Nahald'.[4] Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".

Adaptations

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:

Déagol is played by New Zealand actor Thomas Robins.
Preceded by:
Isildur, c. 2461 years earlier
Ring-bearer
briefly, c. T.A. 2463
Followed by:
Sméagol

References