Borondir

Borondir, also known as Borondir Udalraph, was a Man of Gondor. 
== Biography ==
Borondir was a skilled rider from out of Minas Tirith, descended from the Northmen of Rhovanion who entered Gondor in the noontide of that realm. Borondir and five other messengers were charged with bringing Cirion's message requesting aid from the Éothéod led by Eorl the Young, the Lord of the Éothéod, as Gondor was in danger of being overrun by the Balchoth, in TA 2509. His company set out on the tenth day of Súlimë with the Red Arrow and a stone bearing the Seal of the Stewards and rode north along the Anduin. All of his companions were slain save for him and after fifteen days without food, he finally came to Eorl on the twenty-fifth of Súlimë and delivered the message despite being weakened near to death.
After recovering, he decided to ride with Eorl to war on the sixth day of Víressë.Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan" He led a charge across the Limlight in aid of Cirion whom he died defending in the Battle of the Field of Celebrant. His deeds before and after the battle left him greatly mourned by both the Éothéod and Gondor and was laid to rest in the Hallows of Minas Tirith. He was remembered in the song Rochon Methestel.Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", Notes
==Etymology==
The name Borondir means "Steadfast Man" (boron: "steadfast, enduring", dir: "man"). His surname "Udalraph" means "the stirrupless", it refers to his qualities as a rider because he didn't need stirrups, whilst a normal rider of Gondor did.Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", Notes 
== Portrayals in adaptations ==
*Borondir is a main character in a fan-film Horn of Gondor, which he also has a horse called as Baldor.
*In The Lord of the Rings Online, Borondir briefly appears in a flashback narrating the history of the Éothéod.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ቦሮንዲር
Arabic 	بوروندير
Armenian 	Բորոնդիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Борондір
Bengali 	বরনদীর
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Борондир
Burmese 	ဗောရောန္ဒိရ္
Georgian 	ბორონდირი
Greek 	Μπορονδιρ
Gujarati 	બોરોંદિર
Hebrew 	בורונדיר
Hindi 	बोरॉनडिर
Kannada 	ಬೊರೊಂಡಿರ್
Kazakh 	Борондыр (Cyrillic) Borondır (Latin)
Korean 	보론 디르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Борондир
Japanese 	ボロンディール
Macedonian Cyrillic	Борондир
Marathi 	बोरोंडिर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Борондир
Nepalese 	बोरोन्डिर
Pashto 	بوروندیر
Persian 	بوروندیر
Punjabi 	ਬੋਰੋਂਦਿਰ
Russian 	Борондир
Sanskrit 	बोरोन्दिर्
Serbian 	Борондир (Cyrillic) Borondir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	බෝරොන්ඩීර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Борондир
Tamil 	போராண்டிற்
Telugu 	బోరోన్డీర్
Thai 	บโรโนดิร ?
Urdu 	بوروندیر
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Борондір
Uzbek 	Борондир (Cyrillic) Borondir (Latin)
Yiddish 	באָראָנדיר
==References==
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