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'''Isumbras Took''' was the thirteenth [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]], and the first of the Took line. Isumbras I was a distant ancestor of [[Peregrin Took]] of the [[Company of the Ring]].
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'''Isumbras Took''' was a the thirteenth [[Thain]] of [[the Shire]].
 
==History==
Isumbras was elected Thain in {{SR|740}},<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> after [[Gorhendad Oldbuck]] relocated to [[Buckland]].<ref>{{FR|I5}}</ref> From then on, the Thain was a title held by the [[Took Family]].<ref>{{App|Took}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name contains ''isen'' "iron" and ''bras'' "arm"<ref>[[An Introduction to Elvish]], "Giving of Names"</ref>.
"Isumbras" is of French and [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] origin and means "iron-arm". It comes from the French ''bras'' meaning "arm", and the Anglo-Saxon and Middle High German word ''[[isen]]'' which means "iron".<ref>[[Jim Allan]], ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref>
 
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] likely got the name from ''[[wikipedia:Sir Isumbras|Sir Isumbras]]'', an English medieval romance about a man who suffers a lifetime of hardship but who finds happiness in his latter years.
 
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Revision as of 11:34, 18 September 2015

Isumbras Took I
Hobbit
Biographical Information
TitlesThain of the Shire
LocationThe Shire
Birthbefore S.R. 740
Rulefrom S.R. 740
Family
FamilyTook
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Isumbras Took I

Isumbras Took was a the thirteenth Thain of the Shire.

History

Isumbras was elected Thain in S.R. 740,[1] after Gorhendad Oldbuck relocated to Buckland.[2] From then on, the Thain was a title held by the Took Family.[3]

Etymology

"Isumbras" is of French and Anglo-Saxon origin and means "iron-arm". It comes from the French bras meaning "arm", and the Anglo-Saxon and Middle High German word isen which means "iron".[4]

Tolkien likely got the name from Sir Isumbras, an English medieval romance about a man who suffers a lifetime of hardship but who finds happiness in his latter years.

References

Preceded by:
Gorhendad Oldbuck
13th Thain of the Shire
S.R. 740 - unknown
Unknown
eventually Isengrim Took II