Frerin

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| location=[[Lonely Mountain]]
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| birth={{TA|2751}}
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| deathlocation=[[Battle of Azanulbizar]]
| age=48
| house=[[House of Durin]]
| parentage=[[Thráin II]]
| siblings=[[Thorin]], [[Dís]]
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'''Frerin''' ([[Third Age]] {{TA|2751|n}} – {{TA|2799|n}}, aged 48 years) was a [[Dwarves|dwarf]] of the royal line of [[Durin's folk]]. The second son of King [[Thráin II]]. His older brother was the Dwarven hero and future king [[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]], and his younger sister was [[Dís]].

==History==
With the rest of his family he was driven into exile from the [[Lonely Mountain]] when the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Smaug]] [[Sack of Erebor|attacked]] their home. He later took part in the bloody [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]], even though he was still very young at the time.

In the final conflict of the war, the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]], he was in the first assault of the vanguard that was led by his father, which was thrown back with loss. Frerin and the rest of the vanguard were driven into a wood of great trees near lake [[Mirrormere]]. It was there Frerin met his end, along with his kinsman [[Fundin]], and many others.

After the battle, the Dwarves that were left built pyres, and burned the bodies of the their dead, Frerin being among them.<ref>{{App|Durin}}</ref>

==Etymology==

[[Jim Allan]] has suggested that ''Frerin'' may derive from either the [[Old Norse]] Dwarf-name ''Frár'' ("Swift") in the ''[[Völuspá]]'', or from Old Norse ''frérinn'' ("frozen").<ref>[[Jim Allan]], "Giving of Names", in ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', p. 225</ref>

== Genealogy ==
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{{familytree| THO | | FRE | | DIS | | |THO=[[Thorin|Thorin II Oakenshield]]|FRE=[[Frerin]]|DIS=[[Dís]]}}
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{{familytree| | | | | | | FIL | | KIL |FIL=[[Fíli]]|KIL=[[Kíli]]}}
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[[Category:Dwarves]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Longbeards]]
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