Bracegirdle family: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary |
m (Referenced) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''Bracegirdle Family''' were an important and populous family of [[Shire-hobbits]], associated with the town or village of [[Hardbottle]]. The most famous of them was [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia Bracegirdle]], who married [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]. | |||
==Genealogy== | ==Genealogy== | ||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
The Hobbitish name referred to their tendency to be fat and so to strain their belts, meaning "Tight-belt", or "Belt-tightener / strainer / stretcher". | The Hobbitish name referred to their tendency to be fat and so to strain their belts, meaning "Tight-belt", or "Belt-tightener / strainer / stretcher". | ||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||
Bracegirdle is a real-life English surname. [[Tolkien]] had noted that it followed the type of Romance compounds with the verbal element first (instead of *"Girdlebracer") | Bracegirdle is a real-life English surname. [[Tolkien]] had noted that it followed the type of Romance compounds with the verbal element first (instead of *"Girdlebracer").<ref name="Nomen">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings]]" in [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (eds), ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. 754</ref> | ||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Bracegirdle]] | |||
[[Category:Hobbit Families]] | [[Category:Hobbit Families]] | ||
[[de:Straffgürtel]] | [[de:Straffgürtel]] | ||
[[fi:Piukkapaula]] | [[fi:Piukkapaula]] | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 11 October 2010
The Bracegirdle Family were an important and populous family of Shire-hobbits, associated with the town or village of Hardbottle. The most famous of them was Lobelia Bracegirdle, who married Otho Sackville-Baggins.
Genealogy
Blanco Bracegirdle = Primrose Boffin | b. 1265 _______________|________________ | | | | Bruno Bracegirdle Lobelia = Otho Sackville-Baggins 1313-1410 1318-1420 | 1310-1412 ______|______ | | | | Hugo Bracegirdle Hilda = Seredic Brandybuck Lotho Sackville-Baggins b. 1350 b. 1354 | b. 1348 1364-1419 _________|_________ | | | Doderic Ilberic Celandine b. 1389 b. 1391 b.1394
Etymology
The Hobbitish name referred to their tendency to be fat and so to strain their belts, meaning "Tight-belt", or "Belt-tightener / strainer / stretcher".
Inspiration
Bracegirdle is a real-life English surname. Tolkien had noted that it followed the type of Romance compounds with the verbal element first (instead of *"Girdlebracer").[1]
