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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Estella'' is derived from the Latin stella, meaning "star" | [[Jim Allan]] has suggested that ''Estella'' is related to the Spanish ''Estrella'', derived from the Latin ''stella'', both meaning "star".<ref>[[Jim Allan]], ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names", p. 197</ref> | ||
==Other versions of the Legendarium== | ==Other versions of the Legendarium== |
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Estella Bolger | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | The Shire |
Birth | S.R. 1385 |
Family | |
Family | Bolger |
Parentage | Odovacar Bolger and Rosamunda Took |
Siblings | Fredegar |
Spouse | Meriadoc Brandybuck |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Estella Brandybuck, née Bolger, was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Estella was the second child of Odovacar Bolger and Rosamunda Took. She was present at Bilbo's Farewell Party.
Her older brother, Fredegar, was well acquainted with Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Estella eventually married him after the War of the Ring.[1]
Etymology
Jim Allan has suggested that Estella is related to the Spanish Estrella, derived from the Latin stella, both meaning "star".[2]
Other versions of the Legendarium
Estella was a very late addition to the canon. So late, in fact, that Tolkien did not include her in Merry's genealogy until after the first edition of The Lord of the Rings had been published. This late change took many years to be incorporated in all versions of the book, so that many extant copies are missing Estella's name altogether.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Bolger of Budgeford"
- ↑ Jim Allan, An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names", p. 197
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "III. The Family Trees"