"Wide wonder came into
Éomer's eyes. '
Strider is too poor a name, son of
Arathorn,' he said. 'Wingfoot I name you.' "
The Two Towers III 2
The Riders of Rohan
When Aragorn first met Éomer, he had hunted the captors of Merry and Pippin across the wide fields of Rohan for four days. In that time, he and his companions Legolas and Gimli had covered forty-five leagues (that is, they had travelled about thirty-four miles each day). Éomer was so astonished by this feat that he gave Aragorn a new name: Wingfoot.
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