The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The original article was at Northmen (Middle-earth). They never shared languages with the Elves or with their Western, Southern, and Eastern counterparts other than Westron. The language was not similar to Khuzdul rather the Dwarf names appearing in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are Dwarf names given in Dalish, the language of the Men of Dale and Lake-town, not the native Dwarf language. the name " Brand" translating to "torch". Whereas the Bardings and Woodmen spoke a similar language to the Men of Rohan in terms of gross language group, as seen in Old Norse names (akin to Old English and Norse being in the same language group), i.e. Tolkien appears to have been inspired by Old English, seeing names like " Éowyn" and " Thengel". For example, the Rohirrim spoke Rohirric, for which J.R.R. In the Third Age, the Northmen spoke the Common Speech, however, they also had native languages. They also lived in constant fear of attack from Dol Guldur. In The Hobbit, these Men carved out a potentially precarious living in the eaves of Mirkwood, living as hunters, loggers, trappers, and fishermen on the Anduin and its tributaries. Their range was extremely wide the Men of the North ranged from the western eaves of Mirkwood to the southern slopes of the Grey Mountains and from the Long Lake to Dorwinion on the Sea of Rhûn. Most of Rhovanion had been depopulated after the Wainrider War and the Great Plague. The Men of Dale and Lake-town were also counted under the Northmen, as were the Woodmen of Mirkwood and Rohirrim of Rohan. After they helped Gondor win this important victory, they were rewarded the province of Calenardhon and became known as the Rohirrim. In TA 2510 they responded to a plea of help from Gondor against the Balchoth, rescuing the trapped Gondorian army at the Battle of the Field of Celebrant. They were skilled horse breeders and horsemen. After the evil Kingdom of Angmar was defeated by Gondor and the remains of Arnor, the Éothéod moved north in TA 1977 to the land near the sources of the Anduin. In the 19th century of the Third Age a group of Northmen, who called themselves the Éothéod, moved to the Vales of Anduin between the Gladden Fields and Mirkwood, fleeing from the Wainriders, who had enslaved much of the people of Rhovanion. In Gondor, Vinitharya became known as King Eldacar and caused a civil war- the Kin-strife- because of his mixed Dúnedain/Northmen blood. He married her and she bore him a son whom she called Vinitharya in her mother tongue. Valacar loved Rhovanion and the daughter of the King, Vidumavi. In the fourteenth century of the Third Age, King Rómendacil II of Gondor sent his son Valacar as an ambassador to Vidugavia, the so-called "King of Rhovanion". The main Northmen Principalities lay east of Greenwood and in the centuries when Gondor's power was at its height the Northmen flourished under its protection. For a time many of them even became subjects of Gondor, as the realm extended beyond the River Anduin. In the Third Age they were important allies of Gondor and served as a buffer against the Easterlings and other foes. The result of them not participating in the war against Morgoth was their considerably shorter lifespan the lifespan of the Dúnedain being lengthened by the Valar after the War of Wrath. The only difference was that they didn't cross the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, and therefore did not journey to Númenor. They were known as Middle Men by the Dúnedain, and were believed to have been descended from the same group of Men as the Edain, the Atanatári. The Northmen who dwelt east of the Greenwood and other parts of Rhovanion were friendly to the Dúnedain and were, after the Dúnedain, some of the most noble Men in Arda. The Northmen, also known as the Free Men of the North, were a race of Men from northern Middle-earth that lived around Rhovanion, and were friendly to Gondor.
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