Marhwini

Marhwini was the first lord of the people who became known as the Éothéod, later the Rohirrim.
==Biography==
Marhwini was the son of Marhari, who led a remnant of Northmen from Rhovanion to battle alongside Gondor to stop the advance of the Wainriders years earlier. Through Marhari his father, he was also a direct descendant of Vidugavia, 'King of Rhovanion'.
Marhwini's father Marhari first aligned his people with Gondor in a fight with the Wainriders called the Battle of the Plains. In that conflict, King Narmacil II of Gondor was slain, as was Marhari. Marhwini then led a remnant of what remained of the Northmen to the vales of Anduin, where they mixed with fugitives escaped from the east. These people would come to be known as the Éothéod, they were the culture that would become the Rohirrim.
During the reign of King Calimehtar of Gondor, Marhwini sent word to Gondor that a host of Wainriders was preparing to assault the land of Calenardhon (later Rohan). Eager to avenge Gondor's prior defeat by the Wainriders, Calimehtar led an army out of Gondor and joined with Northmen under Marhwini. The combined force overwhelmed the Wainriders' army at the Second Battle of Dagorlad. As Marhwini had hoped, many thralls of the Wainriders who had once been among the Northmen revolted, and caused their captor's settlements to be destroyed. As the Wainriders retreated from battle, they were forced to retreat far to the east, having been defeated and driven from their homes. Thus the Éothéod were for a time victorious although the power of the Wainriders was only checked and not destroyed.
He had a son named Forthwini.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
==Etymology==
Marhwini means horse-friend, and is taken from the Gothic language with Marh (mearh in Old English) meaning 'horse' and wini (winë in Old English) meaning 'friend'.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
==Portrayals in adaptations==
*In The Lord of the Rings Online, Marhwini appears in a flashback narrating the history of the Éothéod. His son is named Forthwini and grandson Forthári, both of whom die in battle to the Orcs, leaving Forthári's son Frumgar as Marhwini's only heir.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ማርህዊኒ
Arabic 	مارهيني
Armenian 	Մարհւինի
Assamese 	মাৰ্হৱিনী
Belarusian Cyrillic	Мархвіні
Bengali 	মারহাউইনি
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Мархвини
Georgian 	მარჰვინი
Greek 	Μαρχβινι
Gujarati 	મારહવિની
Hebrew 	מארוויני
Hindi 	मर्ह्विनि
Japanese 	マルヴィニー
Kannada 	ಮಾರ್ಹ್ವಿನಿ
Kazakh 	Мархвини (Cyrillic) Marxvïnï (Latin)
Korean 	마르 위니
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Марhwини
Macedonian Cyrillic	Мархвини
Malayalam 	മർഹ്വിനി
Marathi 	मार्हविनी
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мархвини
Nepalese 	मार्हविनी
Pashto 	مارهوینی
Persian 	ماروینی
Punjabi 	ਮਰਹਵਿਨੀ
Russian 	Мархвини
Sanskrit 	मर्ह्विनि
Serbian 	Мархwини (Cyrillic) Marhwini (Latin)
Sinhalese 	මාර්විනි
Tajik Cyrillic 	Мархвини
Tamil 	மர்ஹவினி
Telugu 	మార్హ్విని
Thai 	มะรฮวินิ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Маргwіні
Urdu 	مارویوی
Uzbek 	Марҳwини (Cyrillic) Marhwini (Latin)
Yiddish 	מאַרהוויני
==References==
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