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9/11/2014, 1:22 AM elbowin
9/21/2008, 5:19 PM Mary

Name Durin
Gender Masculine
Usage Germanic Mythology, Literature
Scripts Durin
Pronounced Pron. doo-rin (Literature)
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Meaning & History

The oldest dwarf in the works of Tolkien. A line of dwarf kings bore this name.

Tolkien took the name from the Dvergatal "Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Völuspá, a part of the Poetic Edda.
Added 9/21/2008 by Mary