Dramborleg

Dramborleg, or the Axe of Tuor, was the renowned battle-axe that Tuor fought with during the First Age.Unfinished Tales, Part Two, I: "A Description of the Island of Númenor", Note 2: "Other heirlooms there were beside: the Ring of Barahir; the great Axe of Tuor, father of Eärendil; and the Bow of Bregor of the House of Bëor"
==History==
In the Fall of Gondolin in FA 510, Tuor used his great axe to slay three Balrogs and at least three Orcs named Othrod, Balcmeg, and Lûg.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, III: "The Fall of Gondolin", p. 181 He took Dramborleg with him when he escaped the city's conclusive downfall.
When Tuor departed Beleriand, sailing to the West, the axe was kept by Elros, who took it with him to Elenna, where it eventually became a royal heirloom of his descendants in the Kingdom of Númenor. In the Downfall of Númenor near the end of the Second Age, the axe was lost alongside many other artifacts; thus only the Ring of Barahir survived.
==Etymology==
The Axe of Tuor was called Dramborleg in Gnomish (the precursor to Sindarin). This translates to "thudder-sharp", being composed of the elements daram ("beat, hew") or dram ("heavy stroke"), and borleg (mutated from beleg), meaning 'strong'. Tuor gave his axe this name in reflection of how it "smote both a heavy dint as of a club and cleft as a sword".
===Earlier stages===
Tarambolaika or Tarambor were the Qenya translations of DramborlegThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "Dramborleg". An earlier name was Drambor.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part II"
==Adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power===
===="The Great Wave" ====
The Axe of Tuor is seen leaning up against a wall alongside the other heirlooms of Númenor when Galadriel enters Tar-Palantir's room after she broke into the King's Tower.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ድራምቦርሌግ
Armenian 	Դրամբորլեգ
Assamese 	ড্ৰামবৰলেগ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Драмборлег
Chinese 	德拉姆博烈格
Dari 	درامبورلگ
Dogri 	द्रम्बोरलेग
Georgian 	დრამბორლეგი
Greek 	Δράμβορλεγ
Gujarati 	ડ્રામ્બોર્લેગ
Hebrew 	דראמבורלג
Hindi 	ड्राम्बोरलेग
Japanese 	ドランボレッグ
Kannada 	ಡ್ರಾಂಬೋರ್ಲೆಗ್
Kazakh 	Драмборлег (Cyrillic) Dramborleg (Latin)
Konkani 	द्रांबोर्लेग
Korean 	드람보레그
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Драмборлег
Macedonian Cyrillic	Драмборлег
Malayalam 	ഡ്രാംബോർലെഗ്
Marathi 	ड्रंबॉर्लेग
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Драмборлег
Nepalese 	ड्रम्बोर्लेग
Pashto 	درامبورلېګ
Persian 	درام‌بورلگ
Punjabi 	ਡਰਾਮਬੋਰਲੇਗ
Russian 	Драмборлег
Sanskrit 	द्रम्बोर्लेग्
Serbian 	Драмборлег (Cyrillic) Dramborleg (Latin)
Sindhi 	ڊرمبورليگ
Sinhalese 	ඩ්‍රඹොර්ලෙග්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Драмборлег
Tamil 	ட்ரம்பொர்லெக்
Tatar 	Драмборлег
Telugu 	డ్రాంబోర్లెగ్
Thai 	ดรัมบอร์เลก
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Драмборлег
Urdu 	ڈرمبورلیگ
Yiddish 	דראַמבאָרלעג
==References==
Category:Axes
Category:Gnomish names & words
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