Dramborleg
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| Dramborleg | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
 | |
| "Tuor" by Natalie Chen | |
| Other names | Axe of Tuor |
| Location | Gondolin, Númenor |
| Owner | Tuor, Kings of Númenor |
| Appearance | Great axe |
| Created | First Age |
| Destroyed | Downfall of Númenor, S.A. 3319 |
| Gallery | Images of Dramborleg |
Dramborleg was the great axe that Tuor favoured over any sword.
History[edit]
Tuor fought with it in the Fall of Gondolin, slaying three Balrogs and Othrod, among others.[1] He took it when he escaped the downfall of that city, and his descendants took it to Númenor as an heirloom.[2] It was lost in the Downfall of Númenor.
Etymology[edit]
Dramborleg means "Thudder-Sharp" in Gnomish, also simply known as Drambor. It was named so because with it Tuor "smote both a heavy dint as of a club and cleft as a sword". The Qenya cognates were Tarambolaika or Tarambor.[3]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit]
The name and deeds of this weapon are only given in the early version of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales, but a later text mentions "the great Axe of Tuor" being present at Númenor.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "III. The Fall of Gondolin", p. 181
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor", "Notes", Note 2
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part II", entry "Dramborleg"
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