Isumbras Took I

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Isumbras Took I
Hobbit
Biographical Information
Locationthe Shire
Birthbefore S.R. 740
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Isumbras Took I

Isumbras Took was a the thirteenth Thain of the Shire.

History

Isumbras was elected Thain in S.R. 740,[1] after Gorhendad Oldbuck relocated to Buckland.[2] From then on, the Thain was a title held by the Took Family.[3]

Etymology

"Isumbras" is of French and Anglo-Saxon origin and means "iron-arm". It comes from the French bras meaning "arm", and the Anglo-Saxon and Middle High German word isen which means "iron".[4]

Tolkien likely got the name from Sir Isumbras, an English medieval romance about a man who suffers a lifetime of hardship but who finds happiness in his latter years.

References

Preceded by:
Gorhendad Oldbuck
13th Thain of the Shire
S.R. 740 - unknown
Unknown
eventually Isengrim Took II