Húrin

The date of Húrin's death is somewhat uncertain. He was captured in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in I 471, and we know that he was a prisoner in Angband for twenty-eight years, meaning that he must have been released in I 499. From there, he travelled to the ruin of Nargothrond, then to Menegroth, and finally cast himself into the Sea. The date of c. I 500 assumes that he took about a year to complete these travels.

The Etymologies (in volume 5 of The History of Middle-earth) explains that Húrin's name comes from two Elvish roots, one meaning 'vigour, urgency', and the other meaning 'thoughtfulness, desire'. 'Vigorous-wise' is a fairly literal interpretation of these broad roots, and something like 'he who desires action' is by no means impossible as an alternative.