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Edoras, the royal city of Rohan
Pronunciation
Approximately 'thayo'den'1
Meaning
'Ruler'2
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The son of Thengel; the seventeenth King of Rohan and last of the Second Line. He led the Rohirrim at the Battle of the Hornburg, and was lost defending Minas Tirith in the Battle of the Pelennor. He was succeeded by his nephew, Éomer.
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In Old English, éo represents a diphthong, a single vowel sound combining ay with a short o as in 'dot' or 'cloth'. So éo is pronounced somewhat like 'ayo', but as a single sound.
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Théoden's name comes from a real Anglo-Saxon word that originally meant 'leader of the people'. The element théod, 'people', occurs in many of the names of the Rohirrim, and also in their ancestral name, Éothéod, meaning 'Horse People'. |
See also...
Aragorn Elessar, Barrowfield, Battle of the Hornburg, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Battles of the Fords of Isen, Beacons of Gondor, Black Serpent, Captain of Sauron, Captain of the King’s Household, Ceorl, Crossings of Isen, Déorwine, Dernhelm, Dîn, Doorward of Théoden, [See the full list...]Drúedain, Dúnhere, Éadig, East Anórien, Ednew, Elfhild, Eofor, Éoherë, Éomer Éadig, Éomund of Eastfold, Fastred, Fastred, Firefoot, First Marshal of the Riddermark, Folcred, Folcwine, Folde, Full Muster, Gálmód, Ghân, Gléowine, Great Hall of Feasts, Grey Wood, Gríma Wormtongue, Guthláf, Háma, Harding, Haudh in Gwanûr, Herefara, Herubrand, Herugrim, Hildeson, Hirgon, Horn, Horse-men, Horse-road, Horsemaster, Horsemen of Rohan, Horses, King of Rohan, King of the Second Line, King’s Company, Kûd-dûkan, Lady of Rohan, Lady of the Shield-arm, Láthspell, Legolas Greenleaf, Lightfoot, Lord of Deeping-coomb, Lord of Harrowdale, Lord of the Rohirrim, Marshal of the East-mark, Marshal of the Mark, Marshal of the West-mark, Master Bag, Masters of Horses, Meduseld, Merethrond, Mering Stream, Min-Rimmon, Morwen Steelsheen, Mound of the Riders, Mounds of Mundburg, Muster of Rohan, Muster of the West-mark, Muster of Westfold, Orc-men, Ponies, Prince of Belfalas, Red Arrow, Riders of the King’s House, Riders of the Muster of Edoras, Riders of Théoden, Riders of West-mark, Riders of Westfold, Robbers of the North, Roheryn, Saruman, Second Battle of the Fords of Isen, Second Marshal of the Riddermark, Seredic Brandybuck, Serpents, Shadowfax, Silent Hill, Snowmane, Snowmane’s Howe, Storm of Mordor, Stormcrow, Stybba, The Courts, The Great, The Renowned, The Thrice-renowned, Thengel, Thenglings, Théodred, Théodwyn, Underharrow, Underking, Upbourn, Úrui, Uruk-hai, Vidugavia, West-march of Rohan, White Horse, White Lady, White Mountains, Wídfara, Wilimar Bolger, Wormtongue
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