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'''Isumbras Took II'''<ref group=note>The existence of this character can only be deduced based on the ordinals in [[Appendix C]], "Took of Great Smials". There is an Isumbras III, and | '''Isumbras Took II'''<ref group=note>The existence of this character can only be deduced based on the ordinals in [[Appendix C]], "Took of Great Smials". There is an Isumbras III, and [[Isumbras Took I|Isumbras I]] was mentioned as the first [[thain]] from the [[Took Family]]. No II is recorded in the incomplete family tree.</ref> was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[The Shire|the Shire]]. | ||
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"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> | "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]] | [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] possibly 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 16:41, 2 May 2015
| Isumbras Took II | |
|---|---|
| Hobbit | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Titles | Thain of the Shire |
| Location | The Shire |
| Birth | between S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101 |
| Death | between S.R. 1 and S.R. 1101 |
| Family | |
| Family | Took |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Isumbras Took II[note 1] was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Isumbras presumably lived in the first millennium of the Shire Reckoning during which he became Thain, sometime after Isembras I.[1]
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".[2]
Tolkien possibly 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.
Notes
- ↑ The existence of this character can only be deduced based on the ordinals in Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials". There is an Isumbras III, and Isumbras I was mentioned as the first thain from the Took Family. No II is recorded in the incomplete family tree.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
- ↑ Jim Allan, An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"
