Post by Móreadhiel on Jan 16, 2007 12:51:23 GMT -5
Hirluin
Lord of the Green Hills during the War of the Ring. Hirluin led a company of 300 green-clad Men from the Green Hills in southwestern Gondor to the defense of Minas Tirith. They arrived on March 9, 3019. Hirluin fought at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on March 15. He rode to the aid of Eomer and the Rohirrim along with Prince Imrahil, Hurin of the Keys, and Forlong. Hirluin of the Green Hills was killed during the battle and his name was remembered in a song written by a minstrel of Rohan.
Names & Etymology:
Also called Hirluin the Fair.
The meaning of Hirluin is not certain. The element hîr means "lord, master." The word luin means "blue" in Sindarin but it may also mean "pale" or "fair" in Doriathrin. Possible meanings of Hirluin are thus "blue lord" or "fair lord."
Sources:
The Return of the King: "Minas Tirith," p. 43; "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," p. 121, 124-25
The History of Middle-earth, vol. V, The Lost Road and Other Writings: "The Etymologies," entries for KHER and LUG2
A Tolkien Dictionary by Robert Ireland
Lord of the Green Hills during the War of the Ring. Hirluin led a company of 300 green-clad Men from the Green Hills in southwestern Gondor to the defense of Minas Tirith. They arrived on March 9, 3019. Hirluin fought at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on March 15. He rode to the aid of Eomer and the Rohirrim along with Prince Imrahil, Hurin of the Keys, and Forlong. Hirluin of the Green Hills was killed during the battle and his name was remembered in a song written by a minstrel of Rohan.
Names & Etymology:
Also called Hirluin the Fair.
The meaning of Hirluin is not certain. The element hîr means "lord, master." The word luin means "blue" in Sindarin but it may also mean "pale" or "fair" in Doriathrin. Possible meanings of Hirluin are thus "blue lord" or "fair lord."
Sources:
The Return of the King: "Minas Tirith," p. 43; "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," p. 121, 124-25
The History of Middle-earth, vol. V, The Lost Road and Other Writings: "The Etymologies," entries for KHER and LUG2
A Tolkien Dictionary by Robert Ireland
