Noakes Family
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The '''Noakes''' were a working-class family of [[hobbits]]. | The '''Noakes''' were a working-class family of [[hobbits]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| − | Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as ''atten oke'' "at the oak".<ref> | + | Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as ''atten oke'' "at the oak".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 761</ref> |
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[[category:Hobbit Families]] | [[category:Hobbit Families]] | ||
[[category:Noakes]] | [[category:Noakes]] | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 11 October 2010
The Noakes were a working-class family of hobbits.
Etymology
Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as atten oke "at the oak".[1]