Ford of Bruinen

The Ford in The Lord of the Rings Online

The Ford of Bruinen was a means of crossing the River Bruinen on the Great East Road, in Eriador near Rivendell.

History

At the beginning of the War of the Ring, Frodo Baggins, astride Glorfindel's horse Asfaloth, was pursued by the Nazgûl to the Ford of Bruinen. At the ford Frodo, poisoned by a deadly wound, made his stand, and defied the Witch-king of Angmar. This lured the Ringwraiths into the Bruinen, prompting Elrond to command a great flood from far away. Gandalf, who had arrived in Rivendell, caused the waters to take the form of rushing horses. This flood killed the steeds of the Ringwraiths, which led them to later make use of winged fellbeasts.

In adaptations

In Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, it is Arwen and not Glorfindel who finds the travelers. She carries Frodo on her horse and is chased by the Nine; at the Ford she summons the flood, invoking the waters from the Misty Mountains in the Quenya tongue.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Drif van Bruinen
Albanian	Va e Bruinen
Alemannisch	Furt am Bruinen
Breton	Roudouz Bruinen
Catalan	Gual de Bruinen
Czech	Brod z Bruinen
Danish	Vadestedet (ved Bruinen)
Dutch	De Voorde van Bruinen
Estonian	Bruinen koolmekoht
Finnish	Bruinenin kahlaamo
French	Gué de Bruinen
Frisian	Furde fan Bruinen (Western)
Galician	Vao de Bruinen
German	Furt des Bruinen
Hebrew	מעברת הברואינן
Hungarian	Bruinen-gázlója
Icelandic	Bruinenvað
Italian	Guado del Bruinen
Latvian	Bruinen brasls
Lithuanian	Bruinen brasta
Norwegian	Bruinenvaden
Polish	Bród na Bruinen
Portuguese	Vau de Bruinen
Romanian	Vadul de Bruinen
Scottish Gaelic	Beul-àtha Bruinen
Sicilian	Sguazzu di Bruinen
Slovak	Bruinen Brod
Slovenian	Bruinen Brod
Spanish	Vado del Bruinen
Swedish	Bruinenvaden
Turkish	Bruinen Nehir geçidi
Turkmen	Bruinen Güzer