Long Winter

The Long Winter was an extremely cold and long-lasting winter that occurred in Middle-earth during the twenty-eight century of the Third Age. It greatly depopulated the lands of Eriador and Rohan.The Lord of the Rings: "Prologue"The Lord of the Rings: "Appendix A"The Lord of the Rings: "Appendix B"The Atlas of Middle-earth, pp. 62-3 
==History==
The Long Winter began in November, 2758, and snow soon covered all of Eriador and Rhovanion all the way south to the White Mountains. Sauron used the winter to his advantage, staging an attack on Gondor by five great fleets of the Corsairs of Umbar and Haradrim, while at the same time Easterlings and Dunlendings backed by Corsairs attacked Rohan. King Helm Hammerhand was trapped in the Hornburg, where he was forced to make desperate raids on the Dunlendings led by Wulf in order to get food. Edoras was occupied by the Dunlendings, with Wulf declaring himself king. Gondor was unable to send help as its coasts and east flank were under attack. In the north, the people of Eriador including The Shire also suffered greatly, with many dying of hunger.
The winter ended in March, 2759, when great floods of meltwater allowed Helm's nephew Fréaláf Hildeson to oust the Dunlendings from Edoras, and with aid from Gondor now arriving led by Beregond, Rohan was soon cleared of invaders. The harsh winter also brought on a great famine in the Shire known as the Days of Dearth that took the lives of many Hobbits up until the year TA 2760. 
== See also ==
*The Fell Winter of TA 2911 - TA 2912
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Albanian 	Dimër i gjatë
Arabic 	شتاء طويل
Amharic 	ረዥም ክረምት
Armenian 	Երկար ձմեռ
Azerbaijani 	Uzun Qış
Basque 	Negua Luzea
Belarusian Cyrillic	Доўгая зіма
Bengali 	দীর্ঘ শীতকাল
Bosnian 	Duga zima
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дълга зима
Cambodian 	រដូវរងាវែង
Catalan 	Llarg Hivern
Cebuano 	Taas nga tingtugnaw
Corsican 	Longu Invernu
Croatian 	Duga zima
Czech 	Dlouhá zima
Danish 	Den Lange Vinter
Dogri 	लम्बी सर्दी
Dutch 	Lange Winter
Esperanto 	Longa Vintro
Estonian 	Pikk talv
Filipino 	Mahabang taglamig
Finnish 	Ikitalvi
French 	Long Hiver
Frisian 	Lange Winter (Western)
Galician 	Inverno Longo
Georgian 	გრძელი ზამთარი
German 	Langer Winter
Greek 	Μακρύς Χειμώνας
Gujarati 	લાંબી શિયાળો
Hebrew 	ה חורף הארוך
Hindi 	लंबी सर्दी
Hmong 	Lub caij ntuj no ntev
Hungarian 	Hosszú tél
Icelandic 	Langur Vetur
Indonesian 	Musim dingin yang panjang
Irish Gaelic 	Geimhreadh Fada
Italian 	Lungo Inverno
Japanese 	長い冬
Javanese 	Musim dingin sing dawa
Kannada 	ದೀರ್ಘ ಚಳಿಗಾಲ
Konkani 	लांब शिंयाळो
Korean 	긴 겨울
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Узун кыш
Latin 	Longa Hiems
Laotian 	ລະດູຫນາວຍາວ
Latvian 	Garā ziema
Lithuanian 	Ilga žiema
Luxembourgish 	Laange Wanter
Macedonian Cyrillic	Долга зима
Malayalam 	നീണ്ട ശൈത്യകാലം
Malaysian 	Musim sejuk yang panjang
Maltese 	Xitwa Twila
Marathi 	लांब हिवाळा
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Урт өвөл
Nepalese 	लामो जाडो
Norwegian 	Den Lange Vinteren
Pashto 	اوږد ژمی
Persian 	زمستان طولانی
Polish 	Długa zima
Punjabi 	ਲੰਬੀ ਸਰਦੀਆਂ
Russian 	Долгая зима
Sanskrit 	दीर्घः शिशिरः
Serbian 	Дуга зима (Cyrillic) Duga zima (Latin)
Shona 	Nguva yechando yakareba
Sindhi 	ڊگهو سيارو
Sinhalese 	දිගු ශීත
Slovak 	Dlhá zima
Slovenian 	Dolga zima
Spanish 	Largo Invierno
Swedish 	Den Långa Vinter
Tajik Cyrillic 	Зимистони дароз
Tamil 	நீண்ட குளிர்காலம்
Tatar 	Озын кыш
Telugu 	దీర్ఘ చలికాలం
Thai 	ฤดูหนาวที่ยาวนาน
Tigrinya 	ነዊሕ ክረምቲ
Turkish 	Uzun Kış
Turkmen 	Uzak Gyş
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Довга зима
Urdu 	طویل موسم سرما
Uzbek 	Узоқ қиш (Cyrillic) Uzoq qish (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Mùa đông dài
Welsh 	Gaeaf Hir
Yiddish 	לאַנג ווינטער
== References ==
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