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A settlement in the eastern part of the [[Shire]], so close to the [[Brandywine Bridge]] that it fell in the district known as [[Bridgefields]]. It lay on the tributary of the [[Brandywine]] known simply as the Water. The 'ford' in its name apparently derives from a ford across this stream (though the 'Budge' element is obscure, and intentionally so, according to [[Tolkien]]). The town of Budgeford was the seat of the [[Bolger|Bolgers]], an important family among the Shire-hobbits.
[[Image:Matěj Čadil - Budgeford.jpg|thumb|[[Matěj Čadil]] - ''Budgeford'']]
'''Budgeford''' was a [[Hobbit]] settlement in the [[Eastfarthing|eastern part]] of [[the Shire]], so close to the [[Brandywine Bridge]] that it fell in the district known as [[Bridgefields]]. It lay on the tributary of the [[Brandywine]] known simply as [[the Water]]. The town of Budgeford was the seat of the [[Bolger Family|Bolgers]], an important family among the [[Shire-hobbits]].<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The 'ford' in its name apparently derives from a ford across this stream.


''Budge-'' was an obscure [[Hobbitish]] element of no clear meaning in [[Westron]], believed to be connected to ''bulge'' and [[Bolgers]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 767</ref>


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N.B. in the [[A Part of the Shire|Shire Map]] the name is written <b>Budge Ford</b>, perhaps denoting especially the ford.
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Matěj Čadil - Budgeford

Budgeford was a Hobbit settlement in the eastern part of the Shire, so close to the Brandywine Bridge that it fell in the district known as Bridgefields. It lay on the tributary of the Brandywine known simply as the Water. The town of Budgeford was the seat of the Bolgers, an important family among the Shire-hobbits.[1]

Etymology

The 'ford' in its name apparently derives from a ford across this stream.

Budge- was an obscure Hobbitish element of no clear meaning in Westron, believed to be connected to bulge and Bolgers.[2]

N.B. in the Shire Map the name is written Budge Ford, perhaps denoting especially the ford.

References