The Ford of Bruinen was a means of crossing the River Bruinen on the Great East Road, in Eriador near Rivendell.
History[]
At the beginning of the War of the Ring, Frodo Baggins, astride Glorfindel's horse Asfaloth, was pursued by the Nazgûl to the Ford of Bruinen. At the ford Frodo, poisoned by a deadly wound, made his stand, and defied the Witch-king of Angmar. This lured the Ringwraiths into the Bruinen, prompting Elrond to command a great flood from far away. Gandalf, who had arrived in Rivendell, caused the waters to take the form of rushing horses. This flood killed the steeds of the Ringwraiths, which led them to later make use of winged fellbeasts.[1][2]
In adaptations[]
In Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, it is Arwen and not Glorfindel who finds the travelers. She carries Frodo on her horse and is chased by the Nine; at the Ford she summons the flood, invoking the waters from the Misty Mountains in the Quenya tongue.
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Drif van Bruinen |
Albanian | Va e Bruinen |
Alemannic German | Furt am Bruinen |
Breton | Roudouz Bruinen |
Catalan | Gual de Bruinen |
Czech | Brod z Bruinen |
Danish | Vadestedet (ved Bruinen) |
Dutch | De Voorde van Bruinen |
Estonian | Bruinen koolmekoht |
Finnish | Bruinenin kahlaamo |
French | Gué de Bruinen |
Frisian | Furde fan Bruinen (Western) |
Galician | Vao de Bruinen |
German | Furt des Bruinen |
Hebrew | מעברת הברואינן |
Hungarian | Bruinen-gázlója |
Icelandic | Bruinenvað |
Italian | Guado del Bruinen |
Latvian | Bruinen brasls |
Lithuanian | Bruinen brasta |
Norwegian | Bruinenvaden |
Polish | Bród na Bruinen |
Portuguese | Vau de Bruinen |
Romanian | Vadul de Bruinen |
Scottish Gaelic | Beul-àtha Bruinen |
Sicilian | Sguazzu di Bruinen |
Slovak | Bruinen Brod |
Slovenian | Bruinen Brod |
Spanish | Vado del Bruinen |
Swedish | Bruinenvaden |
Turkish | Bruinen Nehir geçidi |
Turkmen | Bruinen Güzer |
Fords of Middle-earth |
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Arossiach | Brithiach | Budge ford | Ethring | Entwade | Bruinen | Isen | Old Ford | Sarn Athrad | Sarn Ford | Tharbad |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. XII: "Flight to the Ford"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. I: "Many Meetings"