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Hending was the fourth child of [[Holman the greenhanded]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> | Hending was the fourth child of [[Holman the greenhanded]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> | ||
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The name in Middle English means "courteous, skillful one".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref> | The name in Middle English means "courteous, skillful one".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref> In ''[[Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh]]'', Tolkien equates the name "Hending"--nominally the author of a compilation of traditional proverbs that end with "quoth Hending"-- with the Welsh "henddyn," the typical wise old man.<ref>[[Mark T. Hooker]], [[Tolkien and Welsh]], Llyfrawr, p. 194</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Greenhand]] | [[Category:Greenhand]] | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 7 August 2012
| Hending | |
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| Hobbit | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Birth | S.R. 1259 |
| Family | |
| Parentage | Holman the greenhanded |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Hending was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Hending was the fourth child of Holman the greenhanded.[1]
Etymology
The name in Middle English means "courteous, skillful one".[2] In Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh, Tolkien equates the name "Hending"--nominally the author of a compilation of traditional proverbs that end with "quoth Hending"-- with the Welsh "henddyn," the typical wise old man.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
- ↑ Jim Allan (ed.), An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"
- ↑ Mark T. Hooker, Tolkien and Welsh, Llyfrawr, p. 194
