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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name "Cleeve" comes from the [[Old English]] word ''clif'', which means "cliff" or "hill".<ref>{{HM|RC}} | The name "Cleeve" comes from the [[Old English]] word ''clif'', which means "cliff" or "hill".<ref name=rc>{{HM|RC}}</ref>{{rp|p. lvii}} | ||
This, and the name "North-Took" implies that it lay in [[Northfarthing]],<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, entry "Long Cleeve"</ref> much of which was rocky in nature (though none of this is stated specifically by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] himself). | This, and the name "North-Took" implies that it lay in [[Northfarthing]],<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, entry "Long Cleeve"</ref> much of which was rocky in nature (though none of this is stated specifically by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] himself). | ||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | |||
Long Cleeve appears in the [[A Part of the Shire]] map drawn by [[Christopher Tolkien]] in [[1943]], along with many other names, that didn't make it to the published version of the map.<ref name=rc/>{{rp|p. lvi}} | |||
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages of the Shire]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages of the Shire]] | ||
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[[fi:Suuralho]] | [[fi:Suuralho]] | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 4 December 2020
| Long Cleeve | |
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| Town | |
| General Information | |
| Location | Northfarthing, the Shire |
| Type | Town |
| Inhabitants | Hobbits |
| Gallery | Images of Long Cleeve |
Long Cleeve was a town in the Shire.
History
Long Cleeve was the home of the North-tooks, a distant branch of the Took Family who were descended from Bandobras the Bullroarer. It was the home of Diamond, who married Peregrin Took eight years after his return from the War of the Ring.[1]
Etymology
The name "Cleeve" comes from the Old English word clif, which means "cliff" or "hill".[2]:p. lvii
This, and the name "North-Took" implies that it lay in Northfarthing,[3] much of which was rocky in nature (though none of this is stated specifically by Tolkien himself).
Other versions of the legendarium
Long Cleeve appears in the A Part of the Shire map drawn by Christopher Tolkien in 1943, along with many other names, that didn't make it to the published version of the map.[2]:p. lvi
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, entry "Long Cleeve"
