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'''Ferumbras Took I''' was a [[Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]]. | '''Ferumbras Took I''' was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Ferumbras presumably lived in the first millennium of the [[Shire Reckoning]]. No record of his name | Ferumbras presumably lived in the first millennium of the [[Shire Reckoning]] during which he became [[Thain]], sometime after [[Isumbras Took I|Isumbras I]]. | ||
No record of his name exists, 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== | ||
[[Wikipedia:Ferumbras|Ferumbras]] is a name from the [[wikipedia:Roland|legends of Roland]], a corruption of Frankish ''fier à bras'', "brave arm". | [[Wikipedia:Ferumbras|Ferumbras]] is a name from the [[wikipedia:Roland|legends of Roland]], a corruption of Frankish ''fier à bras'', "brave arm". | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Hobbits]] | [[Category:Hobbits]] | ||
[[Category:Took]] | [[Category:Took]] | ||
[[Category:Greco-Roman names]] | |||
Revision as of 18:34, 29 July 2012
| 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 exists, 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"
