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'''Foxes''' were dog-like carnivores of woodland and farmland, distinctive for their red-orange coats and their eerie plaintive cries. A | [[Image:Red Fox.png|thumb|''Red Fox'' portrayed in ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]]'']] | ||
'''Foxes''' were [[dogs|dog]]-like carnivores of woodland and farmland, distinctive for their red-orange coats and their eerie plaintive cries. A fox became puzzled at finding [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] asleep in a [[Firs|fir-wood]] on the first night of their journey from [[Hobbiton]].<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref> Another fox was encountered by [[Aragorn|Strider]] and the hobbits as they hiked through the [[Chetwood]] after leaving [[Bree]].<ref>{{FR|I11}}</ref> | |||
The [[Quenya]] word for "fox" is ''[[rusco]]'' ([[Sindarin]] has ''rusc'').<ref>{{PM|XI}}, p. 353</ref><ref>{{VT|41a}}, p. 10</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 03:14, 20 May 2018
Red Fox portrayed in MERP
Foxes were dog-like carnivores of woodland and farmland, distinctive for their red-orange coats and their eerie plaintive cries. A fox became puzzled at finding Frodo, Sam, and Pippin asleep in a fir-wood on the first night of their journey from Hobbiton.[1] Another fox was encountered by Strider and the hobbits as they hiked through the Chetwood after leaving Bree.[2]
The Quenya word for "fox" is rusco (Sindarin has rusc).[3][4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Knife in the Dark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 353
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Etymological Notes on the Ósanwe-kenta" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 41, July 2000, p. 10
