The Súthburg during the Long Winter
The Long Winter was an extremely cold and long-lasting winter that occurred in Middle-earth during the twenty-eight century of the Third Age. It greatly depopulated the lands of Eriador and Rohan.[1][2][3][4]
History[]
The Long Winter began in November, 2758, and snow soon covered all of Eriador and Rhovanion all the way south to the White Mountains. Sauron used the winter to his advantage, staging an attack on Gondor by five great fleets of the Corsairs of Umbar and Haradrim, while at the same time Easterlings and Dunlendings backed by Corsairs attacked Rohan. King Helm Hammerhand was trapped in the Hornburg, where he was forced to make desperate raids on the Dunlendings led by Wulf in order to get food. Edoras was occupied by the Dunlendings, with Wulf declaring himself king. Gondor was unable to send help as its coasts and east flank were under attack. In the north, the people of Eriador including The Shire also suffered greatly, with many dying of hunger.[1][2][3][4]
The winter ended in March, 2759, when great floods of meltwater allowed Helm's nephew Fréaláf Hildeson to oust the Dunlendings from Edoras, and with aid from Gondor now arriving led by Beregond, Rohan was soon cleared of invaders. The harsh winter also brought on a great famine in the Shire known as the Days of Dearth that took the lives of many Hobbits up until the year TA 2760.[1][2][3][4]
See also[]
- The Fell Winter of TA 2911 - TA 2912
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Albanian | Dimër i gjatë |
| Arabic | شتاء طويل |
| Amharic | ረዥም ክረምት |
| Armenian | Երկար ձմեռ |
| Azerbaijani | Uzun Qış |
| Basque | Negua Luzea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Доўгая зіма |
| Bengali | দীর্ঘ শীতকাল |
| Bosnian | Duga zima |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Дълга зима |
| Cambodian | រដូវរងាវែង |
| Catalan | Llarg Hivern |
| Cebuano | Taas nga tingtugnaw |
| Corsican | Longu Invernu |
| Croatian | Duga zima |
| Czech | Dlouhá zima |
| Danish | Den Lange Vinter |
| Dogri | लम्बी सर्दी |
| Dutch | Lange Winter |
| Esperanto | Longa Vintro |
| Estonian | Pikk talv |
| Filipino | Mahabang taglamig |
| Finnish | Ikitalvi |
| French | Long Hiver |
| Frisian | Lange Winter (Western) |
| Galician | Inverno Longo |
| Georgian | გრძელი ზამთარი |
| German | Langer Winter |
| Greek | Μακρύς Χειμώνας |
| Gujarati | લાંબી શિયાળો |
| Hebrew | ה חורף הארוך |
| Hindi | लंबी सर्दी |
| Hmong | Lub caij ntuj no ntev |
| Hungarian | Hosszú tél |
| Icelandic | Langur Vetur |
| Indonesian | Musim dingin yang panjang |
| Irish Gaelic | Geimhreadh Fada |
| Italian | Lungo Inverno |
| Japanese | 長い冬 |
| Javanese | Musim dingin sing dawa |
| Kannada | ದೀರ್ಘ ಚಳಿಗಾಲ |
| Konkani | लांब शिंयाळो |
| Korean | 긴 겨울 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Узун кыш |
| Latin | Longa Hiems |
| Laotian | ລະດູຫນາວຍາວ |
| Latvian | Garā ziema |
| Lithuanian | Ilga žiema |
| Luxembourgish | Laange Wanter |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Долга зима |
| Malayalam | നീണ്ട ശൈത്യകാലം |
| Malaysian | Musim sejuk yang panjang |
| Maltese | Xitwa Twila |
| Marathi | लांब हिवाळा |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Урт өвөл |
| Nepalese | लामो जाडो |
| Norwegian | Den Lange Vinteren |
| Pashto | اوږد ژمی |
| Persian | زمستان طولانی |
| Polish | Długa zima |
| Punjabi | ਲੰਬੀ ਸਰਦੀਆਂ |
| Russian | Долгая зима |
| Sanskrit | दीर्घः शिशिरः |
| Serbian | Дуга зима (Cyrillic) Duga zima (Latin) |
| Shona | Nguva yechando yakareba |
| Sindhi | ڊگهو سيارو |
| Sinhalese | දිගු ශීත |
| Slovak | Dlhá zima |
| Slovenian | Dolga zima |
| Spanish | Largo Invierno |
| Swedish | Den Långa Vinter |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Зимистони дароз |
| Tamil | நீண்ட குளிர்காலம் |
| Tatar | Озын кыш |
| Telugu | దీర్ఘ చలికాలం |
| Thai | ฤดูหนาวที่ยาวนาน |
| Tigrinya | ነዊሕ ክረምቲ |
| Turkish | Uzun Kış |
| Turkmen | Uzak Gyş |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Довга зима |
| Urdu | طویل موسم سرما |
| Uzbek | Узоқ қиш (Cyrillic) Uzoq qish (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Mùa đông dài |
| Welsh | Gaeaf Hir |
| Yiddish | לאַנג ווינטער |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Lord of the Rings: "Prologue"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Lord of the Rings: "Appendix A"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Lord of the Rings: "Appendix B"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Atlas of Middle-earth, pp. 62-3