Folde: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
Folde Area of Rohan near Edoras, the homeland of the royal family.
(A 771, 835, 836; B3 77, 78, Endpaper; C3 12, 87, 89; D3 12, 67,
68; W 185)
'''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> It was the homeland of the royal family.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 148, entry "Folde"</ref>
'''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> It was the homeland of the royal family.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 148, entry "Folde"</ref>



Revision as of 19:52, 4 September 2013

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] It was the homeland of the royal family.[2]

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;[3] the Westfold was along the mountains as far as the River Isen.[4]

The defensive center of the Folde and Eastfold was at Edoras.

Etymology

In Old English, folde means "earth, land, country".[5] It has the approximate meaning 'bosom of the Earth', which shows its importance in Rohan's early history.[source?]

References