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 | | Eorl was a wise and valiant man and a great hero of his people. | | | Eorl captured the horse and named him Felarof. | | | The title earl is derived from this word. |
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http://www.tuckborough.net/rohirrim.html
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| | Meduseld: Stories: Wind In The Meadow |
| | Eorl looked at the grown man who had played with him so willingly, and felt betrayed. | | | Aragost was always giving him pieces of advice, in the same respectful manner, and where Eorl would have spurned another man's criticsms, Eorl gratefully accepted his. | | | He pulled Eorl into a hug, then quickly released him and mounted his horse in one smooth motion. |
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http://www.subreality.com/eomer/library/witm.htm
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| | Ars magica Adventure: The Confessor |
| | Eorl Leofric stepped forth to greet him, and while the guards kept close, they did nothing to prevent father and son clasping arms. | | | How could she explain to her dim-witted husband that removing the eorl would leave vacant the seat of Northumbria, which was one of the most powerful in England. | | | She could feel the blood pounding within the veins of his neck, his heart beating double-time as she crushed his lips to hers. |
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http://www.arsmagica.it/Cliffheart/risorse/avventure/The_Confessor.html
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| | A Brief History of Anglo-Saxon England |
| | Harold Godwinson, Eorl of Wessex and for many years the king’s right hand man, claimed that Edward had ‘committed the kingdom’ to him on his deathbed. | | | The short and troubled reigns of Cnut’s sons saw the rise of powerful dynasties in England, most notably the family of Eorl Godwin. | | | William ‘the Bastard’, Duke of Normandy, claimed that Edward had promised him the kingdom as early as 1051. |
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http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/history/history.htm
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| | BBC - Get Writing - - A2609994 - Thor's Hammer (Prologue) |
| | Eorl looked at what the man was pointing to
and then he saw. | | | The men were grim faced, they knew what had to be done and they would follow their Captain’s every order
even if it meant death. | | | There was much blood spilt, mainly that of Eorl’s men. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/A2609994
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| | Rohan |
| | Unfinished Tales: "Cirion and Eorl," passim; "The Battles of the Fords of Isen," passim | | | Leod's son Eorl tamed the horse and named it Felarof. | | | April 6: Eorl and his eohere set out for Gondor. |
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http://www.tuckborough.net/rohan.html
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| | The Lexicon of Rohan |
| | If it were not for him, Folca would not have reached Mering before he died, to command the crown of Eorl to his son and make Devon a Lord of the Mark and all the heirs of his body. | | | As a wergild for this, Felaróf submitted himself to Eorl. | | | Known as ''the Young'' because he succeeded his father Léod in his youth and kept his yellow hair throughout his life. |
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http://www.freewebs.com/edhellond/research/rohan_people.htm
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| | Middle Earth rp - Story Thus Far |
| | Windfola, neice of Eorl, falls in love with Thalion, leader of Osgiliath. | | | Erynes, granddaughter of Galadriel falls in love with Legolas after finding out that he is not her cousin. | | | Lostturwen: Elvish wife of Eorl and Queen of Rohan. |
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http://www.avidgamers.com/JRRT/story.html
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| | "Eorl" quite literally means "warrior", and that describes the characteristics of these creatures to a T. Eorlan, or "little warriors", are bred for friendly competition. | | | This section will explain all about the mysterious creatures known as the "Eorlan". | | | This clan, Eorl's Pride, and its sister clan, Eorl's Honor, breed Eorlan to participate in competitions with other Eorlan. |
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http://darkestgoddess.net/agency/about.html
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| | Eorlingas? - THE TOLKIEN FORUM |
| | Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. | | | In the book called Unfinished Tales (UT), which is mainly a collection of all kinds of stories Tolkien never fit into a larger whole. | | | There is an especially good story in UT about the coming of Eorl and how the King of Gondor gave the Eorlings Rohan. |
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http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?t=9538
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| | Guthrim Gauksson |
| | One of the gods took offence at the woman's escape from servitude or upon the adultery commited, for Guthrimwas born with his terrible deformity. | | | Guthrim took control of all of his father's holdings and ruled without notice from Queen Ljorrah, who wanted nothing to do with "that horrible little man". | | | The elder of her beautiful sons would one day be eorl, and there was, in her opinion, no place for this freak. |
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http://home.mchsi.com/~kgauck/taelshore/guthrim.htm
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| | These were the Mearas, noble horses that lived as long as a Man, and had extraordinary strength and intelligence. | | | By day his coat glistens like silver; and by night it is like a shade, and he passes unseen. | | | Léod's son Eorl took the horse himself, naming him Felaróf. |
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http://home.hetnet.nl/~thdefeber/HORSES.doc
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| | Anglo Saxon Comitatus> |
| | The relationship of loyalty between the Germanic eorl and his thanes was first described by the Roman historian, Tacitus (55-117 CE), in one of his major works, Germania, dealing with the German tribes. | | | Ring-giving bound a thane to his eorl, just as giving a bride bound a king to his enemy. | | | If a thane retreated from the battlefield before his leader or after his leader had been killed, he suffered shame and ridicule for the rest of his life. |
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http://www.gettysburg.edu/~jpowers/comitatus.html
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| | Cition and Eorl in Sindarin |
| | The oath of Cirion and Eorl (Unfinished Tales pp. | | | Edited and annotated by Didier Willis, March 2000. | | | In that case, we should perhaps read bain here (with standard soft lenition). |
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http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/cirion.html
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| | Eorl's Honor: Advanced: Introduction |
| | This is the official Clan symbol for Eorl's Honor. | | | Currently, Eorl's Honor items are compatable with all NRBC creatures. | | | When I do your creature's additions, I will draw a new stage for your creature if need be and alter their stats to reflect the change. |
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http://indyslair.net/battles/advancedintro.htm
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| | He had only one shirt that fit and no clothes to change into, so he layered himself with his jacket and cloak and put his blanket around him and tried to get warm again. | | | Eorl did not answer, but Frodo felt his scorn. | | | He put his cloak on, wrapping it around his shoulders. |
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http://www.rosiesamfrodo.com/~claudia/fanfic/claudia_hol02.txt
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| | Saga of the Akula |
| | Across the Channel in Normandy, Duke William prepared to launch his own bid for the Throne of England. | | | Tostig was the son of Eorl Godwin of Wessex and was exiled. | | | Harold Godwinsson, having no desire to battle his own brother, offered Tostig and the Vikings peace but was told that they would rather fall with their king than to live with the dishonor of surrender. |
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http://drakkar-akula.com/saga_of_the_akula.htm
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| | Explanatory Notes on Beowulf |
| | Usually eorl is emended to eorl{as} and translated 'terrorised warriors'. | | | The Eorl[e] of the text proposed here is based on a suggestion of Sewell (Times Lit. | | | Kiernan (1983) retains eorl and translates 'terrorised the local petty king/warlord'. |
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http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-rede-notes.html
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| | Encyclopedia of Arda: Edoras |
| | This is apparently contradicted, however, by a note in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, which tells us that Eorl lived, not at Edoras, but at nearby Aldburg in the Folde. | | | According to this version, it was Eorl's son Brego, not Eorl himself, who established the courts at Edoras. | | | Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings tells us that Eorl '...chose for his dwelling a green hill before the feet of the White Mountains that were the south-wall of his land.' It seems logical to assume that this describes the foundation of Edoras. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/e/edoras.html
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| | There is no further hint of what prompted Philip's punishment or whether the three men had separately or jointly offended the King. | | | This year Philip de Braose, William Malet and William Bainart were deprived of land. | | | Also this year eorl Helias passed away, who had held Maine for king Henry, and bowed the knee to him; after his departure the eorl of Anjou received it, and held it against the king. |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/note4.6.htm
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| | Eorl's Honor: Residents -- Adelaide: Stage 1.0 |
| | She is very cute and spunky, and she should make a great addition to the Eorl's Honor crew (which mysteriously keeps growing... | | | Her name is one based in Germanic language which means "noble and kind". | | | She was a generous gift from Jules of Eorl's Pride and is the Gryffindor member of the Hogwarts Four. |
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http://battles.indyslair.net/a1-0.htm
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| | New Eorl and Huscarls Announced |
| | AncientWorlds > Germania > Angelcynn: The History of Anglo-Saxon England > New Eorl and Huscarls Announced | | | Angelcynn has a new Eorl and four new Huscarls. | | | As a result, we now have a new Eorl and four new Huscarls. |
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http://www.ancientworlds.net/242068
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| | Eorlan |
| | He waits, ever paitiently, keeping a weary eye on you as you pass by. | | | Blue Steel, mint eyes (color unique to Eorl's Honor)Snowflake markings, white marking on face, neck mane, claws. | | | He doesn't belong to any specific clan, but is currently a member of Eorl's Honor. |
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http://www.geocities.com/kurrama_valley/eorlan.html
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| | Men's doubts regarding Galadriel |
| | For example, in Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl": | | | For at last when the host drew near to Dol Guldur, Eorl turned westward for fear of the dark shadow and cloud that flowed out from it, and then he rode on within sight of Anduin. | | | Many of the riders turned their eyes thither, half in fear and half in hope to glimpse from afar the shimmer of the Dwimordene, the perilous land that in legends or their people was said to shine like gold in the springtime. |
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http://neb2.gotdns.com:8080/torc/completed_newformat/78704.html
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| | TheWarp.net |
| | Guess what, the middle earth rohan special characters are still under production!! | | | The king gave Eorl and his people the land west of Anorien, the plains of Calenardhon to have for their own for saving them when they were in need.For more History on Rohan click here | | | The History of Rohan reaches back along time, from when Eorl the young led his eored against the easterlings to help the forces of Gondor. |
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http://www.thewarp.net/ow/hgcodex/house2.html
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| | Oath of Cirion and Eorl |
| | Eorl was the first to speak the oath in his tongue. | | | The oath of Cirion and Eorl was said at the tomb of Elendil at Amun Anwar upon the Halifirien beacon. | | | And then again in the common speech : This oath shall stand in memory of the glory of the Land of the Star, and of the faith of Elendil the Faithful, in the keeping of those who sit upon the thrones of the West and of the One who is above all thrones forever. |
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http://www.annalsofarda.dk/Annals-of-Arda/misc/misc-oathofeorlcirion.htm
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| | Eorl the Young - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Eorl, son of Léod, was the ruler of the Northmen tribe of the Éothéod, who dwelt between the Langwell and Greylin rivers. | | | He led the migration of his people to these great pastures and there he became the first King of Rohan. | | | The most renowned fact in his reign was his unexpected arrival in the perilous Battle of the Field of Celebrant to the aid of Gondor. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eorl_the_Young
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| | TolkienWiki: Eorl |
| | Eorl succeeded his father Léod as Lord of the Éothéod while still a youth. | | | Eorl dwelt at Aldburg in eastern Rohan, and ruled as King from 2510 until 2545, when, at the age of sixty years, he was slain in battle against the Easterlings in the Wold. | | | For this reason he was called Eorl the Young. |
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http://www.thetolkienwiki.org/wiki.cgi?Eorl
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| | Third Age: The Eorlingas |
| | Already the Eorlings flee, flee like frightened animals before the raging storm... | | | The tide of the battle was reversed and the enemy was routed. | | | Eorl's people rode to the rescue, and a bond was forged between Gondor and the horsemen who would one day become known as the Rohirrim. |
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http://www.subreality.com/thirdage/eorlingas.htm
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| | Encyclopedia of Arda: Felaróf |
| | Eorl's father Léod was a tamer of horses among the Éoth&, who captured this wild white horse while it was still a foal. | | | It was from this line that Gandalf's horse Shadowfax came, making him a descendant of Felaróf himself. | | | He tried to tame it himself, but when he attempted to mount it, it threw him and escaped. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/f/felarof.html
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| | eowyn // maiden of the rohirrim |
| | A rohir is a lord (hir) who rides a horse (roch); a word that could reasonably be translated 'knight'. | | | Eorl had led his men through great hardship from the far north to the aid of Gondor, and Cirion gave him the wide green lands of Calenardhon in recognition of his aid, swearing eternal friendship between old Gondor and the new land of Rohan. | | | When Eorl was granted the land of Rohan, his people became known as the Rohirrim, from the Elvish for 'People of the Horse-lords'. |
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http://eowyn.nu/eowyn/info/rohan.htm
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| | Skjada One-Eye |
| | Dagmaer made Skjada lord of Stradwick, his son Leif to succeed him as eorl. | | | Richard and Saehild's daughter (Skjada's niece) is married to Eorl Njall. | | | a match for his brother in the daughter of Dagmaer, eorl of Saerskaap, the lovely Bestla. |
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http://home.mchsi.com/~kgauck/taelshore/skjada.htm
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| | Cirion, therefore, in reward for his aid, gave Calenardhon between Anduin and Isen to Eorl and his people; and they sent north for their wives and children and their goods and settled in that land. | | | The Éothéod had moved to those regions in the days of King Eärnil II from lands in the vales of Anduin between the Carrock and the Gladden, and they were in origin close akin to the Beornings and the men of the west-eaves of the forest. | | | Thus Eorl became the first King of the Mark, and he chose for his dwelling a green hill before the feet of the White Mountains that were the south-wall of his land. |
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http://www.ladyofrohan.com/rohan.html
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| | Eorl the Young's Journal |
| | Eorl carefully pulls her cloak closer about her and notices that she is heavily pregnant. | | | Inside the stall, Felarof is fitfully sleeping, his son beside him. | | | Ploughing through the snow, Eorl finally reaches his destination. |
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/eorltheyoung
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| | Celebrant Field |
| | Eorl the Young -- wise for his twenty-and-five years -- had felt that to refuse aid to his kinsfolk in Gondor would be very short-sighted: since in the future after destroying the southern kingdom, Sauron would turn his wrath upon the north, and then the Éothéod would stand alone without hope. | | | But after Eorl became king there it was always called Rohan, which in the tongue of Gondor means “land of the horse:” and the Éothéod were called the Rohirrim (“the horse-lords”). | | | Emerging from the mist on the third day, Eorl and his men saw the loops of the Undeeps before the. |
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http://larsen-family.us/~1066/celebrant.html
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| | Grima says, "Three months later Cirion and Eorl made a sacred oath in the dark woods not far from Mering, the Firien. | | | The Riddermark, as they preferred to call themselves, settled throughout the land and bred extensively the horses, herds of which they followed in a nomadic lifestle."" Grima says, "However, the Rohirrim had not moved into a land given over by all of it's inhabitants. | | | Grima says, "Okay, now it is 2510 and the Balchoth have made their move. |
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http://homepage.interaccess.com/~hayes/logs/rohan1.txt
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| | Lord of the Rings Fanatics Plaza: Ærn Fréablod |
| | For although the ealdorman had no sons, his only daughter married Brego, son of Eorl and thus Eofor, third of Brego's sons, would in time come to take up the lordship of Aldburg in the Folde and from the House he founded would come lords such as Eomund and Eomer. | | | By his deeds at the Celebrant, Fréablod received good horse-raising lands in the Eastfold from an ealdorman close to Eorl who was given a lordship in the Eastfold and the family came to be known by his name and thus appeared the House of Fréablod. | | | Gratefully, Fréablod sent Athelblod, his second son, into the ealdorman's service and the young man became a Rider in the ealdorman's eored. |
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http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/houseview.asp?house=102
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| | Which parts of Middle-earth will we not see? |
| | Aldburg was the home of Eorl when he settled in Calenardhon with his people, the Éothéod. | | | Eorl would have built a hall on the hill, probably of wood, and around it would have been the longhouses of his warriors. | | | It was Eorl's son, Brego, who established Edoras and built Meduseld, the golden hall on the hill. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/tolkien/33798
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| | Kuu Loona - Eorl Appreciation Thread! |
| | Eorl soon after my first encounter with him, came back on as DM and really made the world come to life! | | | Personally I would like to thank Eorl for being immortalised even though recent events in the love life of Gardo would probably shock those whoever traveled orginally with the one and only Gardo Highray. | | | I've been thinking over all the wonderful work Eorl has done for our Guild and have come to the conclusion that the job of Builder is quite a thankless one. |
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http://kuuloona.lancontech.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=359
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| | Peerage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The term "earl" derives from eorl, signifying a military leader in the Old English language, or Anglo-Saxon. | | | The meaning of this word may have been affected by the Old Norse jarl, meaning free-born warrior or nobleman, during the time of the Danelaw, to give rise to the modern sense of earl. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerage
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| | 991 AD - The Battle of MALDON |
| | eorl was used of the aristocratic followers of king or chief, or Ælfwine and most of the followers of Byrhtnoth mentioned by name in this poem. | | | eorl at this time was given to the ruler one of the greater division of |
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http://filebox.vt.edu/a/away/maldon/maldon_gloss2.htm
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| | The Annotated LOTR - The King of the Golden Hall |
| | Felaróf was the first of the line of the horses known as mearas (of which Shadowfax is one) to be tamed. | | | Eorl means "nobleman" in Old English; it is the ancestor of modern "Earl." The names of the later kings of Rohan all mean "King"; Tolkien likely chose the name "Eorl" because he was not born a king, but became one. | | | Eorl vowed revenge upon the horse, but instead of killing it, he deprived it of its freedom by mysteriously taming it. |
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http://neb2.gotdns.com:8080/torc/completed_newformat/78243.html
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| | [minstrels] Lament for Eorl the Young -- J. R. R. Tolkien |
| | This song is a lament for the last of the nomadic chieftains (the aforementioned Eorl), who was also the first of the Kings of the Golden Hall (as his seat of power was called). | | | Your comments on this poem to attach to the end [microfaq] | | | Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning, Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? |
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http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/220.html
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| | Regia Anglorum - Saxon Social Organisation |
| | Ðegns were not restricted to the king's service for the great eorls had their own ðegns; even some of the more powerful and landed ðegns had their own lesser ðegns. | | | By the early 11th century the term eolderman began to be replaced with eorl, possibly influenced by the Danish 'Jarl'. | | | In the second half of the 10th century the title became more important, an eorl now governing several shires. |
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http://www.regia.org/Saxons1.htm
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| | Eorl's Honor: Basic: Eorlan |
| | This type of Clan is not unique to Eorl's Honor. | | | Other battling creatures too have their own large groups. | | | The Clan of Eorl's Pride, run by Jules, also represents a large group of Eorlan and helps their pups find trainers. |
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http://indyslair.net/battles/eorlan.htm
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| | Regia Anglorum - The Manor of Drengham |
| | Drengham is the centre of Eorl Godwin's power, and it is from here that he carries out his many duties to the king. | | | There are also enclosures for animals, grain stores and a training area for his fyrdsmen. | | | Like most other noblemen in Viking Age England, Eorl Godwin lives in a large hall at the centre of a manorial complex. |
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http://www.regia.org/drengham.htm
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| | Eorl - definition of Eorl by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Eorl is not available in the general English dictionary and thesaurus. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | You may also use the word browser links: |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/EORL
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