One of the Riders of Rohan who followed Théoden to Minas Tirith. His home was in the Wold, the wild grasslands of Rohan's northern border, and in these northern lands he had acquired a special weather-sense. Like the Wild Man Ghân-buri-Ghân, he was able to detect a change in the wind during the long ride, a change that augured the end of Sauron's looming darkness.
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Wídfara is a historically recorded Saxon name, deriving from from Old English wīd ('wide, far') and fara ('traveller', 'farer'). It might be seen as a strange choice of name for a Man dwelling in Rohan's remote northern region of the Wold, though perhaps it hints that Wídfara had a deeper history than is revealed in The Lord of the Rings.
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