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  • proper noun A Latin form of Fródi, the name of a number of Danish kings.

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Examples

  • Frodo is able to bring out the good in him for a while, but then things happen, the ring is too powerful, and Gollum succumbs to the ring, bringing his demise.

    Writing question: Character arc odysseyworkshop 2010

  • Frodo is able to bring out the good in him for a while, but then things happen, the ring is too powerful, and Gollum succumbs to the ring, bringing his demise.

    Writing question: Character arc odysseyworkshop 2010

  • Frodo is a much more active and heroic character in the books, and I'm ambivalent about the way the movies changed him.

    Arwen's ride 2008

  • Coming a close second is The Lord of the Rings, a book I still return to every few years, usually in the winter, curling up with my battered paperbacks to follow Frodo from the Shire to Mordor and back again.

    MIND MELD: Speculative Fiction Books Worth Reading Twice 2008

  • Sam, assuming that Frodo is dead, takes the Ring according to instructions to help Frodo with the Ring in grave circumstances.

    Lord of the Rings as Property Law : Law is Cool 2008

  • Once Bilbo has returned from his adventure, with all his riches, he becomes the most able relative in Frodo's family to adopt him after his parents Drogo and Primula die in a boating accident on the Brandywine River.

    Elijah Wood Wants A Tiny Piece Of ‘The Hobbit’ » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • Sam, assuming that Frodo is dead, takes the Ring according to instructions to help Frodo with the Ring in grave circumstances.

    2008 March : Law is Cool 2008

  • The character had no name, but devoted fans later dubbed his character “Figwit,” which stands for “Frodo is great … Who is that?”

    Boing Boing 2007

  • Frodo is doing well and we should thank our Canadian friends for saving him as, I must admit, I would not have done nor would most people.

    positive - negative 2005

  • Gandalf spends much of the film trying to impress others with his in-depth knowledge of Karl Marx, and Frodo is cursed with the filthy tongue of a Russian criminal.

    Boing Boing: May 16, 2004 - May 22, 2004 Archives 2004

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