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'''Folde''' was an ancient and historic region of [[Rohan]], close to the King's courts in [[Edoras]], which indeed originally held the King's seat at the town of [[Aldburg]]. | '''Folde''' was an ancient and historic region of [[Rohan]], close to the King's courts in [[Edoras]], which indeed originally held the King's seat at the town of [[Aldburg]].<ref>{{UT|Isen}}, Appendix (i)</ref> | ||
The Folde was the centre of the kingdom. Its boundary eastward was roughly a line South-west from the junction of the [[Snowbourn]] and [[Entwash]] to the mountains; the [[Eastfold]] was the land from that line east to the [[Fenmark]] between Entwash and the mountains; the [[Westfold]] was along the mountains as far as the River [[Isen]]. | The Folde was the centre of the kingdom. Its boundary eastward was roughly a line South-west from the junction of the [[Snowbourn]] and [[Entwash]] to the mountains; the [[Eastfold]] was the land from that line east to the [[Fenmark]] between Entwash and the mountains;<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref> the [[Westfold]] was along the mountains as far as the River [[Isen]].<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> | ||
The defensive center of the Folde and Eastfold was at Edoras. | The defensive center of the Folde and Eastfold was at Edoras. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
In [[Old English]], ''folde'' means "earth, land, country".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 770-1</ref> It has the approximate meaning 'bosom of the Earth', which shows its importance in Rohan's early history.{{fact}} | In [[Old English]], ''folde'' means "earth, land, country".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 770-1</ref> It has the approximate meaning 'bosom of the Earth', which shows its importance in Rohan's early history.{{fact}} | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Regions of Rohan]] | [[Category:Regions of Rohan]] | ||
[[fi:Folde]] | [[fi:Folde]] | ||
Revision as of 05:29, 24 March 2012
Folde was an ancient and historic region of Rohan, close to the King's courts in Edoras, which indeed originally held the King's seat at the town of Aldburg.[1]
The Folde was the centre of the kingdom. Its boundary eastward was roughly a line South-west from the junction of the Snowbourn and Entwash to the mountains; the Eastfold was the land from that line east to the Fenmark between Entwash and the mountains;[2] the Westfold was along the mountains as far as the River Isen.[3]
The defensive center of the Folde and Eastfold was at Edoras.
Etymology
In Old English, folde means "earth, land, country".[4] It has the approximate meaning 'bosom of the Earth', which shows its importance in Rohan's early history.[source?]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen", Appendix (i)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ 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, pp. 770-1
