All 14 Uses of
kindred
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- For the Elves of the High Kindred had not yet forsaken Middle-earth, and they dwelt still at that time at the Grey Havens away to the west, and in other places within reach of the Shire.†
Chpt Prol.
- We are Exiles, and most of our kindred have long ago departed and we too are now only tarrying here a while, ere we return over the Great Sea.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- So it is that Luthien Tinuviel alone of the Elf-kindred has died indeed and left the world, and they have lost her whom they most loved.†
Chpt 1.11
- Some of my kindred, journeying in your land beyond the Baranduin, learned that things were amiss, and sent messages as swiftly as they could.†
Chpt 1.12
- In the middle of the table, against the woven cloths upon the wall, there was a chair under a canopy, and there sat a lady fair to look upon, and so like was she in form of womanhood to Elrond that Frodo guessed that she was one of his close kindred.†
Chpt 2.1
- Never again shall there be any such league of Elves and Men; for Men multiply and the Firstborn decrease, and the two kindreds are estranged.†
Chpt 2.2
- That has been the task of my kindred, while the years have lengthened and the grass has grown.†
Chpt 2.2
- Narvi and his craft and all his kindred have vanished from the earth.†
Chpt 2.4
- I have looked on Moria, and it is very great, but it has become dark and dreadful; and we have found no sign of my kindred.†
Chpt 2.4
- 'Then many of the Elves of Nimrodel's kindred left their dwellings and departed and she was lost far in the South, in the passes of the White Mountains; and she came not to the ship where Amroth her lover waited for her.†
Chpt 2.6
- They heard my voice across the Nimrodel, and knew that I was one of their Northern kindred, and therefore they did not hinder our crossing; and afterwards they heard my song.†
Chpt 2.6
- Even our own kindred in the North are sundered from us.†
Chpt 2.6
- And since you come with an Elf of our kindred, we are willing to befriend you, as Elrond asked; though it is not our custom to lead strangers through our land.†
Chpt 2.6
- Too seldom do my kindred journey hither from the North.'†
Chpt 2.7
Definition:
similar in quality or character
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin
or:
closely related -- such as family or things with shared origin