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The '''Shire-reckoning''' ([[ | The '''Shire-reckoning''' ([[Númenórean Sindarin]]: '''''Genediad Drannail'''''<ref>{{SD|Epilogue}}</ref>) was the calendar system used by the [[Hobbits]] in [[the Shire]] and (eventually) in [[Bree]]. | ||
In Bree, Year 1 corresponded to {{TA|1300}}, however the Shire-reckoning Year 1 corresponded to {{TA|1601}}: the year that colonization of the Shire began by the [[Bree-hobbits]] [[Marcho]] and [[Blanco]]. Therefore, years of the Third Age can be converted to Shire-years by subtracting 1600. | In Bree, Year 1 corresponded to {{TA|1300}}, however the Shire-reckoning Year 1 corresponded to {{TA|1601}}: the year that colonization of the Shire began by the [[Bree-hobbits]] [[Marcho]] and [[Blanco]]. Therefore, years of the Third Age can be converted to Shire-years by subtracting 1600. | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 5 June 2020
The Shire-reckoning (Númenórean Sindarin: Genediad Drannail[1]) was the calendar system used by the Hobbits in the Shire and (eventually) in Bree.
In Bree, Year 1 corresponded to T.A. 1300, however the Shire-reckoning Year 1 corresponded to T.A. 1601: the year that colonization of the Shire began by the Bree-hobbits Marcho and Blanco. Therefore, years of the Third Age can be converted to Shire-years by subtracting 1600.
The last year of the Third Age was year S.R. 1421. In the New Reckoning of King Elessar, the year Fo.A. 1 began on March 25, old style. The Hobbits mostly ignored the change and so for them the first year of the Fourth Age was just S.R. 1422.
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part One: The End of the Third Age: XI. The Epilogue"
