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'''Grimslade''' was the ancestral home of [[Grimbold]], a lesser [[Marshal of the Mark]]. Nothing is known of the location of this structure other that it stood in the [[Westfold]] of [[Rohan]]. The word "slade" seems to imply that the house was either in a clearing or on a hillside.  
'''Grimslade''' was the ancestral home of [[Grimbold]], a lesser [[First Marshal of the Riddermark|Marshal of the Mark]]. Nothing is known of the location of this structure other that it stood in the [[Westfold]] of [[Rohan]].<ref name="Battle">{{RK|Battle}}</ref> The word "slade" seems to imply that the house was either in a clearing or on a hillside.  


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name '''Grimslade''' comes from ''[[Grim]]'', which Tolkien describes as "evidently the name of an ancestor", and ''slade'', "forest glade, dell on the slope of a hillside".  
The name '''Grimslade''' is modernized from [[Old English]] ''Grimslaed'' representing [[Rohan language|Rohirric]].<ref name="RC">[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. 571</ref>


==References==
It comes from ''[[Grim]]'', which Tolkien describes as "evidently the name of an ancestor", and ''slade'', "forest glade, dell on the slope of a hillside" widely used in English place-names.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 771</ref>
* ''[[The Return of the King]]'', [[The Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', page 571.


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Grimslade was the ancestral home of Grimbold, a lesser Marshal of the Mark. Nothing is known of the location of this structure other that it stood in the Westfold of Rohan.[1] The word "slade" seems to imply that the house was either in a clearing or on a hillside.

Etymology

The name Grimslade is modernized from Old English Grimslaed representing Rohirric.[2]

It comes from Grim, which Tolkien describes as "evidently the name of an ancestor", and slade, "forest glade, dell on the slope of a hillside" widely used in English place-names.[3]

References