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Among the [[Hobbits]] of the secluded [[Shire]], the dark-skinned [[Men]] of the far south were a people of legend, who rode to war on [[oliphaunts]] in stories that the [[Shire-hobbits]] only half-believed. They knew these people as the Swertings, a word related to the term '[[Swarthy Men]]' used in the [[Common Speech]] (where 'swarthy' is an old word for 'dark-skinned').  
'''Swertings''' is a name referring to the [[Haradrim]]. The word was [[Hobbitish]], used among the [[Hobbits]] of the secluded [[the Shire|Shire]]. Only legends about them reached the Hobbits: the Swertings lived in the [[Sunlands]] and rode to war on [[oliphaunts]].<ref>{{TT|IV4}}</ref>
==Etymology==
''Swerting'' is a word related to the term '[[Swarthy Men]]' used in the [[Westron|Common Speech]] (where 'swarthy' is an old word for 'dark-skinned').<ref>{{TT|IV3}}</ref>


In the [[War of the Ring]], the Travellers discovered that the [[Hobbit-legends]] were true after all. The Swertings were the southern Men otherwise known as the [[Haradrim]], who rode into battle on the great oliphaunts that they referred to in their own tongue as [[mûmakil]].
[[Wikipedia:Swerting|Swerting]] is an [[Old English]] name, referring to a legendary character, also mentioned in ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]''.
 
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Swertings is a name referring to the Haradrim. The word was Hobbitish, used among the Hobbits of the secluded Shire. Only legends about them reached the Hobbits: the Swertings lived in the Sunlands and rode to war on oliphaunts.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Swerting is a word related to the term 'Swarthy Men' used in the Common Speech (where 'swarthy' is an old word for 'dark-skinned').[2]

Swerting is an Old English name, referring to a legendary character, also mentioned in Beowulf.

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Black Gate is Closed"
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