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A road beginning at [[Michel Delving]] crosses the ford, which meets the [[Greenway]] further south. By this road [[Khamûl]] the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraith]] entered the Shire during the [[War of the Ring]] | A road beginning at [[Michel Delving]] crosses the ford, which meets the [[Greenway]] further south. By this road [[Khamûl]] the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraith]] entered the Shire during the [[War of the Ring]] | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name is half-translation of the [[Elvish]] name ''[[Sarn Athrad|Sarn-athrad]]''. ''[[Sarn]]'' means "stone". | The name is half-translation of the [[Elvish]] name ''[[Sarn Athrad|Sarn-athrad]]''.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 775</ref> ''[[Sarn]]'' means "stone"<ref name="S">{{S|Elements}}, entry ''sarn''</ref> or "stony".<ref name="RC">[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. 163</ref> | ||
==Inspirations== | ==Inspirations== | ||
{{quote|Hall Green village was only a little distance away [from Sarehole] down a lane and '''across a ford.'''|[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]}} | {{quote|Hall Green village was only a little distance away [from Sarehole] down a lane and '''across a ford.'''|[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]}} | ||
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Revision as of 10:50, 15 October 2010
Sarn Ford is the stone ford on the River Baranduin, on the far southern borders of the Shire. It was guarded by the Rangers of the North.
A road beginning at Michel Delving crosses the ford, which meets the Greenway further south. By this road Khamûl the Ringwraith entered the Shire during the War of the Ring
Etymology
The name is half-translation of the Elvish name Sarn-athrad.[1] Sarn means "stone"[2] or "stony".[3]
Inspirations
- "Hall Green village was only a little distance away [from Sarehole] down a lane and across a ford."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 775
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry sarn
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 163
