Isumbras Took II
Isumbras Took II | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Titles | Thain of the Shire |
Location | The Shire |
Birth | Sometime between S.R. 740 and S.R. 1083 |
Rule | Sometime between S.R. 740 and S.R. 1083 |
Death | Sometime between S.R. 740 and S.R. 1083 |
Family | |
Family | Took |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Isumbras Took II was a Hobbit of the Shire who held the position of Thain some time between S.R. 740 and S.R. 1083.
History[edit | edit source]
There are no direct records of Isumbras II, but he evidently existed between his namesake Isumbras I, who founded the Took line of Thains in S.R. 740, and the later Isumbras III.[1] Isumbras II's reign could have occurred no later than S.R. 1083, when Isengrim II became Thain, since there were no subsequent gaps in the Took family's genealogy.[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
"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".[3]
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.[4]
Notes
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ Jim Allan, An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"
- ↑ Harriet Hudson (ed.), Four Middle English Romances, Medieval Institute Publications; 2 edition (November 1, 2006)
Thains of the Shire |
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Bucca of the Marish (from S.R. 379) · 10 unknown Oldbucks · Gorhendad Oldbuck (until S.R. 740) · Isumbras I (from S.R. 740) · 8 unknown Tooks (includes: Isengrim I · Ferumbras I · Paladin I · Isumbras II) · Isengrim II (S.R. 1083 - 1122) · Isumbras III (1122 - 1159) · Ferumbras II (1159 - 1201) · Fortinbras I (1201 - 1248) · Gerontius (1248 - 1320) · Isengrim III (1320 - 1330) · Isumbras IV (1330 - 1339) · Fortinbras II (1339 - 1380) · Ferumbras III (1380 - 1415) · Paladin II (1415 - 1434) · Peregrin I (1434 - 1484) · Faramir I (from 1484) |