Fundin

Fundin was the son of Farin, the brother of Gróin, father of Balin and Dwalin, and uncle of Óin and Glóin, four of Thorin II Oakenshield's companions in the Quest of Erebor.
== Biography ==
Nothing else is known of Fundin's life except that he was born in the Lonely Mountain 108 years before the coming of Smaug. He was among those Dwarves forced into exile and eventually settled in Dunland. Fundin was later slain beneath the East-gate of Moria in the climactic Battle of Azanulbizar during the War of the Dwarves and Orcs. After the battle, all of the fallen Dwarves, Fundin included, were stripped of their armour and weaponry by their kinsmen, and were burnt upon pyres of wood.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, III: Durin's Folk
== Etymology ==
As explained by Christopher Tolkien, "My father's point was that Balin and Fundin are actual Old Norse names used as translations [of their] real names."The Lord of the Rings – A Reader's Companion
==In adaptations==
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Fundin appears in an extended flashback depicting the Battle of Azanulbizar, in which he fights alongside his sons Balin and Dwalin and the rest of Farin's kin. The circumstances of his demise not shown, he is spotted among the dead in the heat of the battle.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ፉንዲን
Arabic 	فوندين
Armenian 	Ֆւնդին
Belarusian Cyrillic	Фундін
Bengali 	ফান্ডিং
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Фундин
Chinese (Hong Kong)	方丁
Greek 	Φούντιν
Gujarati 	ભંડોળ
Hebrew 	פונדין
Hindi 	फ़ुन्दिन
Kannada 	ಫಂಡಿನ್
Kazakh 	Фұндін (Cyrillic) Fundin (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Фундин
Lao 	ຟຸນດິນ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Фундин
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Фундин
Nepalese 	फ़ुन्दिन
Pashto 	فوندین
Persian 	فوندین ?
Punjabi 	ਫੰਡਿਨ
Russian 	Фундин
Serbian 	Фундин (Cyrillic) Fundin (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ෆුඳින්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Фундин
Tamil 	பியூந்தின்
Telugu 	ఫుడిన్
Thai 	ฟันดิน
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Фундін
Urdu 	فوندین
Yiddish 	פונדין
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Category:Dwarves
Category:Durin's Folk