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''Yale'' is of course a well known surname derived from a Welsh place name.<ref name="Mathomium">[[Mark T. Hooker]], [[A Tolkienian Mathomium]], pp. 42-47</ref> This fits right in with Tolkien's comment to the Dutch Translator, [[Max Schuchart]], that there were "'Celtic' elements in [[Buckland]] and [[Eastfarthing|East-farthing]] names."<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 93</ref> The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known ''Yale'', the [[wikipedia:commote|commote]] of Iaal in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.<ref name="Mathomium"/>
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''Yale'' is of course a well known surname derived from a Welsh place name.<ref name="Mathomium">[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[A Tolkienian Mathomium]]'', pp. 42-47</ref> This fits right in with Tolkien's comment to the Dutch Translator, [[Max Schuchart]], that there were "'Celtic' elements in [[Buckland]] and [[Eastfarthing|East-farthing]] names."<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 93</ref> The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known ''Yale'', the [[wikipedia:commote|commote]] of Iaal in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.<ref name="Mathomium"/>
  
 
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The Yale was a region of the Shire.

History

The Yale was of old the home of the Boffins.[1] Their homes lay in the Eastfarthing, between the Bridgefields and the Marish.[2]

Etymology

Yale is of course a well known surname derived from a Welsh place name.[3] This fits right in with Tolkien's comment to the Dutch Translator, Max Schuchart, that there were "'Celtic' elements in Buckland and East-farthing names."[4] The modern meaning is "fertile upland", based on the location of the best known Yale, the commote of Iaal in Powys, the traditional home of the kings of Powys.[3]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Boffin of the Yale"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Part of the Shire" map
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mark T. Hooker, A Tolkienian Mathomium, pp. 42-47
  4. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 93
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