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'''Ferumbras Took I''' was a [[Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]]. | | clothing= | ||
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'''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]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:55, 18 September 2015
Ferumbras Took I | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Titles | Thain of the Shire |
Location | The Shire |
Birth | between S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101 |
Death | between S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101 |
Family | |
Family | Took |
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"