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'''Brockenbores''', or '''Brockenborings''', was a network of tunnels in the northern part of | [[File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Brockenborings.jpg|thumb|300px|The town of Brockenborings in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']] | ||
'''Brockenbores''', or '''Brockenborings''', was a network of tunnels in the northern part of [[the Shire]]'s [[Eastfarthing]], in the hilly region of [[Scary]].<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref> This was one of the more outlying parts of the Shire, which was perhaps the reason that a band of [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] rebels led by [[Fredegar Bolger]], hid here for a time when '[[Sharkey]]' took control of the Shire during the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{RK|VI9}}</ref> | |||
The name of this place is given as 'Brockenbores' in the text of [[The Lord of the Rings]], but as '[[ | ==Etymology== | ||
The name of this place is given as 'Brockenbores' in the text of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', but as "Brockenborings" on ''[[A Part of the Shire]]''. | |||
[[ | [[David Salo]] suggests a speculative derivation from [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] *''Broccesboran''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c35b63ee6a6c41e9862d6|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names (1.21)|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=9 March 2013}}</ref> | ||
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The name(s) translate approximately as "badger-burrowings".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 767</ref> | |||
==Portrayal in adaptations== | |||
'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':''' | |||
:Brockenborings is not mere tunnels but a proper large town, with an inn, a market, multiple hobbit holes and farmfields to the north and east. It is located at the eastern edge of a wood and at the souther edge of the [[Greenfields]]. | |||
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The town of Brockenborings in The Lord of the Rings Online
Brockenbores, or Brockenborings, was a network of tunnels in the northern part of the Shire's Eastfarthing, in the hilly region of Scary.[1] This was one of the more outlying parts of the Shire, which was perhaps the reason that a band of Hobbit rebels led by Fredegar Bolger, hid here for a time when 'Sharkey' took control of the Shire during the War of the Ring.[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name of this place is given as 'Brockenbores' in the text of The Lord of the Rings, but as "Brockenborings" on A Part of the Shire.
David Salo suggests a speculative derivation from Old Hobbitish *Broccesboran.[3]
The name(s) translate approximately as "badger-burrowings".[4]
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Brockenborings is not mere tunnels but a proper large town, with an inn, a market, multiple hobbit holes and farmfields to the north and east. It is located at the eastern edge of a wood and at the souther edge of the Greenfields.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Part of the Shire" map
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
- ↑ David Salo, "Hobbitish Place-names (1.21)" dated 23 November 1998, Elfling (accessed 9 March 2013)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "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. 767
