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gloa'in
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Perhaps from an Old Norse word meaning 'shine, gleam'
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This is not the Glóin who appears in The Hobbit and briefly in The Lord of the Rings; that Glóin was descended from this royal ancestor through six generations of Dwarves

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  • Updated 22 April 2001
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Thorin I
Glóin
Óin

Kings of Durin's Folk

The son of Thorin I, and father of Óin, King of Durin's Folk during the later Third Age.


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  • Updated 22 April 2001
  • Updates planned: 12

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