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'''Eastemnet''' is the wide land of [[Rohan]] east of the River [[Entwash]] until the [[Anduin]], the easternmost land of the kingdom.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> | |||
[[ | There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the [[Rohirrim]] lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.<ref>{{TT|III2}}</ref> | ||
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==Etymology== | |||
''Emnet'' means "plain" in [[Rohirric]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 769</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Westemnet]] | |||
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Revision as of 19:48, 28 August 2015
Eastemnet is the wide land of Rohan east of the River Entwash until the Anduin, the easternmost land of the kingdom.[1]
There were few fixed settlements here, but many of the herdsmen of the Rohirrim lived a nomadic existence on the fields of the Eastemnet, living out of temporary camps and driving their herds across the grasslands.[2]
Etymology
Emnet means "plain" in Rohirric.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Riders of Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 769