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== History == | == History == | ||
After following his father into [[Beleriand]], Borthand entered the service of [[Maedhros]] and [[Maglor]].<ref>{{S|18}}</ref> He fought in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], and was faithful to the [[Noldor]], taking a part in the slaying of [[Ulfang]]'s sons before he was himself slain.<ref>{{S|20}}</ref> | After following his father into [[Beleriand]], Borthand entered the service of [[Maedhros]] and [[Maglor]].<ref>{{S|18}}</ref> He fought in the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], and was faithful to the [[Noldor]], taking a part in the slaying of [[Ulfang]]'s sons before he was himself slain.<ref>{{S|20}}</ref> | ||
== Genealogy == | |||
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{{familytree| BOH | | BOD | | BOT | |BOH=[[Borlach]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|472}}''</small>|BOD=[[Borlad]]</br><small>''d. {{FA|472}}''</small>|BOT='''BORTHAND'''</br><small>''d. {{FA|472}}''</small>}} | |||
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== Etymology == | == Etymology == |
Revision as of 09:57, 3 August 2015
Borthand | |
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Man | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | East Beleriand |
Affiliation | Union of Maedhros |
Birth | First Age |
Death | F.A. 472 Nirnaeth Arnoediad |
Family | |
Parentage | Bór |
Siblings | Borlad and Borlach |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Borthand |
Borthand was one of the sons of Bór
History
After following his father into Beleriand, Borthand entered the service of Maedhros and Maglor.[1] He fought in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, and was faithful to the Noldor, taking a part in the slaying of Ulfang's sons before he was himself slain.[2]
Genealogy
Bór d. F.A. 472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borlach d. F.A. 472 | Borlad d. F.A. 472 | BORTHAND d. F.A. 472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology
An early version of the name, Borthandos, was said to come from a word borth-, unlike his father's and brothers' names, which come from BOR-, "loyal". The meaning of borth- is nowhere mentioned.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", root BOR-