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| − | '''Eastemnet''' is the wide land of [[Rohan]] east of the River [[Entwash]] until the [[Anduin]], the easternmost land of the kingdom. | + | '''Eastemnet''' is the wide land of [[Rohan]] east of the River [[Entwash]] until the [[Anduin]], the easternmost land of the kingdom.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> |
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| + | There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the [[Rohirrim]] lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> | ||
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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| − | ''Emnet'' means "plain". | + | ''Emnet'' means "plain" in [[Rohirric]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 769</ref> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Westemnet]] | *[[Westemnet]] | ||
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[[Category:Regions of Rohan]] | [[Category:Regions of Rohan]] | ||
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| + | [[fi:Itä-Emnet]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:02, 24 October 2012
Eastemnet is the wide land of Rohan east of the River Entwash until the Anduin, the easternmost land of the kingdom.[1]
There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the Rohirrim lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.[2]
[edit] Etymology
Emnet means "plain" in Rohirric.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Riders of Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 769