I've heard people use the term "Rohanesse" (I don't even know if that's how you spell it) but is there a proper term? I know that Gondor's people are Gondorians, so would it be Rohanians?
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May 28, 2020
What is the proper term for the people of Rohan?
What is the proper term for the people of Rohan?
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I guess it would be Rohirrim or Eorlingas. The language they speak is called Rohirric. Which I always think sounds nice :)
Is there any examples of Rohirric? What is it based off? Or is it neo-Rohirric? Sorry for so many questions, you've got me interested :)
The Horse-lords are called Rohirrim by most outsiders; their name for themselves is the Eorlingas (the Folk of Eorl, as in Eorl the Young who led the Éothéod from the Vales of Anduin to the land of Calenardhon).
Tolkien based the Rohirric language on Old English, though he also incorporated some Scandinavian names (Westfold). Here are some examples from Tolkien Gateway:
Éothéod: from "eoh" ("war-horse") and "þeod" ("folk", "people", "nation")
Gríma: possibly from "grima" ("mask", "helmet", "ghost")
Eorl: from "eorl" ("nobleman")
Théodred: from "þeod" ("folk", "people", "nation") and "ræd" ("counsel")
Elfwine: from Ælfwine ("Elf-friend")
Thanks!
@ShireofMiddleEarth What we don't know is what the various factions of the Northmen of Rhovanion called themselves before the Éothéod established themselves in the Vales of Anduin around the year 1856 (Third Age), though the nobility of the region styled themselves the Princes of Rhovanion. Game designers for MERP coined the name Éothraim for the Rhovanian ancestors of the Horse-lords.
Before the restoration of Dale and the Bardings, the folk of Dale might have been known as Dale-men (or Dalemen) much as the people of Esgaroth were the Lake-men. And we had the Woodmen on the fringes of Mirkwood.