The Encyclopedia of Arda - Bandobras ‘Bullroarer’ Took (original) (raw)

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Dates III 2704 - III 2806 (1104 - 1206 by the Shire-reckoning; lived [102 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2704&startage=3&endyear=2806&endage=3&c=The Lifetime of Bandobras Took)) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Took Settlements Associated with the Northfarthing of the Shire, and perhaps with the town of Long Cleeve1 Pronunciation Bandobras is pronounced 'ba'ndobrass' Meaning Uncertain2 Titles The Bullroarer Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 10 April 2020 Updates planned: 1 Victor of the Battle of Greenfields Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Isumbras Took III Ferumbras Took II BandobrasTook(The Bullroarer) The North-took family,and other descendants The son of Thain Isumbras III3 of the Took line, Bandobras was famous for averting a Goblin invasion of the Shire at the Battle of Greenfields, and personally slaying the goblins' leader, Golfimbul. Notes 1 We're not told where Bandobras lived within the Shire, but as a descendant of the line of the Shire-thains, he was presumably raised at Great Smials in the Tookland. Our later references to his life, however, tend to associate him with the Northfarthing. He fought the Battle of Greenfields there, and also founded a family known as the North-tooks. On this basis, we might speculate that Bandobras removed to the Northfarthing at some point (probably to Long Cleeve, the home of the North-tooks). 2 The various names of the Tooks ending in -bras derive from Old French, in which that ending means 'arm' (so, for example, Bandobras' father Isumbras had a name meaning 'iron arm'). The Bando- element of Bandobras' name is less clear, but assuming the same source language it might either means 'band' (in the sense of a troop of soldiers), or 'band' in the sense of a band around the arm (so that Bandobras in full would mean 'arm-band'). Another possible source might conceivably be Middle French bander, 'to strike', which would certainly suit Bandobras' martial reputation. 3 Many editions of The Lord of the Rings contain a statement in the Prologue that Bandobras was the son of Thain Isengrim II, rather than Isumbras III. This was an error, corrected in the 50th anniversary edition of 2004. See also... Battle of Greenfields, Bullroarer, Ferumbras Took II, Folklands, Fortinbras Took I, Four Farthings, Golfimbul, Greenfields, Isumbras Took III, Long Cleeve, Mount Gram, North-took Family, Shire-muster, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 10 April 2020 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1997-2000, 2008, 2020. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus reports contain unrivalled DISC interpretations, including in-depth graphical and textual analysis in natural language.

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Dates III 2704 - III 2806 (1104 - 1206 by the Shire-reckoning; lived [102 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2704&startage=3&endyear=2806&endage=3&c=The Lifetime of Bandobras Took)) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Took Settlements Associated with the Northfarthing of the Shire, and perhaps with the town of Long Cleeve1 Pronunciation Bandobras is pronounced 'ba'ndobrass' Meaning Uncertain2 Titles The Bullroarer Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 10 April 2020 Updates planned: 1 Victor of the Battle of Greenfields

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Isumbras Took III

Ferumbras Took II BandobrasTook(The Bullroarer)

The North-took family,and other descendants The son of Thain Isumbras III3 of the Took line, Bandobras was famous for averting a Goblin invasion of the Shire at the Battle of Greenfields, and personally slaying the goblins' leader, Golfimbul. Notes 1 We're not told where Bandobras lived within the Shire, but as a descendant of the line of the Shire-thains, he was presumably raised at Great Smials in the Tookland. Our later references to his life, however, tend to associate him with the Northfarthing. He fought the Battle of Greenfields there, and also founded a family known as the North-tooks. On this basis, we might speculate that Bandobras removed to the Northfarthing at some point (probably to Long Cleeve, the home of the North-tooks). 2 The various names of the Tooks ending in -bras derive from Old French, in which that ending means 'arm' (so, for example, Bandobras' father Isumbras had a name meaning 'iron arm'). The Bando- element of Bandobras' name is less clear, but assuming the same source language it might either means 'band' (in the sense of a troop of soldiers), or 'band' in the sense of a band around the arm (so that Bandobras in full would mean 'arm-band'). Another possible source might conceivably be Middle French bander, 'to strike', which would certainly suit Bandobras' martial reputation. 3 Many editions of The Lord of the Rings contain a statement in the Prologue that Bandobras was the son of Thain Isengrim II, rather than Isumbras III. This was an error, corrected in the 50th anniversary edition of 2004. See also... Battle of Greenfields, Bullroarer, Ferumbras Took II, Folklands, Fortinbras Took I, Four Farthings, Golfimbul, Greenfields, Isumbras Took III, Long Cleeve, Mount Gram, North-took Family, Shire-muster, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: T Hobbits About this entry: Updated 10 April 2020 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1997-2000, 2008, 2020. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus reports contain unrivalled DISC interpretations, including in-depth graphical and textual analysis in natural language.