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'''Riddermark''' or simply '''The Mark''' was the name among the [[Rohirrim]] for the land, more commonly known to outsiders as [[Rohan]].
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'''Riddermark''' or simply '''the Mark''' was the name among the [[Rohirrim]] for the land, more commonly known to outsiders as [[Rohan]].<ref name=RC248>{{HM|RC}}, p. 248</ref>
  
 
==Etymology==
 
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Mark here is used in the sense of the "boundary mark" or "march". The original untranslated [[Rohirric]] term was ''[[Lôgrad]]'' or ''[[Rad]]''.
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''Riddermark'' means "land of the knights", derived from the [[Old English]] compound ''Riddena-''[[Wiktionary:Mearc|''mearc'']] ("riders' mark"<ref>[[Jason Fisher]], "Horns of Dawn: The Tradition of Alliterative Verse in Rohan", in ''[[Middle-earth Minstrel|Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien]]'' (ed. Bradford Lee Eden), p. 21 (note 18)</ref> or "The Territory of the Knights")<ref>Greg Harvey, ''The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth for Dummies'', "The Rohirrim"</ref>. ''[[Wikipedia:March (territory)|Mark]]'' here is used in the sense of "borderland, especially one serving as a defence of the inner lands of a realm".<ref name=RC248/>
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The original untranslated [[Rohirric]] term of the country was ''[[Lōgrad]]''.<ref>{{PM|II}}, p. 53</ref>
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] might have been inspired by [[William Morris]]'s use of 'Mid-mark' in ''[[The House of the Wolfings]]'', a book which Tolkien owned and from which he took inspiration.<ref name=CGMorris>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (2006), ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Reader's Guide'', "Morris, William", p. 600</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 23 May 2011

Riddermark or simply the Mark was the name among the Rohirrim for the land, more commonly known to outsiders as Rohan.[1]

[edit] Etymology

Riddermark means "land of the knights", derived from the Old English compound Riddena-mearc ("riders' mark"[2] or "The Territory of the Knights")[3]. Mark here is used in the sense of "borderland, especially one serving as a defence of the inner lands of a realm".[1]

The original untranslated Rohirric term of the country was Lōgrad.[4]

J.R.R. Tolkien might have been inspired by William Morris's use of 'Mid-mark' in The House of the Wolfings, a book which Tolkien owned and from which he took inspiration.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 248
  2. ↑ Jason Fisher, "Horns of Dawn: The Tradition of Alliterative Verse in Rohan", in Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien (ed. Bradford Lee Eden), p. 21 (note 18)
  3. ↑ Greg Harvey, The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth for Dummies, "The Rohirrim"
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Appendix on Languages", p. 53
  5. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide, "Morris, William", p. 600
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