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'''Waymeet''' or '''Waymoot''' was a town in [[the Shire]].
'''Waymeet''' or '''Waymoot''' was a town in the [[Westfarthing]] of [[the Shire]].  The [[East Road]], the main road through the Shire, ran through the town on its way to [[Michel Delving]].  Two smaller roads also led to Waymeet: one from [[Little Delving]] to the north and one from [[Tookland]] and the [[Southfarthing]] beyond.<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref>  Where these roadways came together, a town had grown up, appropriately known as Waymeet.


==History==
==History==
 
In the [[War of the Ring]], the ruffians who took over the Shire had a staging post or barracks in Waymeet,<ref>{{RK|VI8}}</ref> and it was from here that [[Sharkey's Men]] set out for the [[Battle of Bywater]], in which they were soundly defeated by the [[Shire-hobbits]].  
A traveller journeying east from [[Michel Delving]] would pass along the main [[East Road]] through [[the Shire]]. While still in the [[Westfarthing]], this was met by two smaller roads: one from [[Little Delving]] to the north, and one from [[Tookland]] and the [[Southfarthing]] beyond. Where these roadways came together, a town had grown up, appropriately known as Waymeet.
 
In the [[War of the Ring]], the ruffians who took over the Shire had a staging post or barracks in Waymeet, and it was from here that [[Sharkey's Men]] set out for the [[Battle of Bywater]], in which they were soundly defeated by the [[Shire-hobbits]].  


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name refers to the village being at the meeting of three ways.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 778</ref>  
The name refers to the village being at the meeting of three ways.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 778</ref>  


The name Waymeet is a modernised spelling of the older form, [[Waymoot]], which is the spelling preferred by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] in early drafts of ''[[The Return of the King]]''. Though he ultimately modernised the name within the book itself, the map of the Shire that accompanies ''[[The Lord of the Rings]] '' was never corrected, and still carries the older spelling of the name.<ref name="RC">[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. 660</ref>
The name ''Waymeet'' is a modernised spelling of the older form, [[Waymoot]], which was the spelling preferred by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] in early drafts of ''[[The Return of the King]]''. Though he ultimately modernised the name within the book itself, the map of the Shire in the prologue of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]] '' was never corrected, and still carries the older spelling of the name.<ref name="RC">[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. 660</ref>
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Revision as of 05:47, 17 June 2011

Waymeet or Waymoot was a town in the Westfarthing of the Shire. The East Road, the main road through the Shire, ran through the town on its way to Michel Delving. Two smaller roads also led to Waymeet: one from Little Delving to the north and one from Tookland and the Southfarthing beyond.[1] Where these roadways came together, a town had grown up, appropriately known as Waymeet.

History

In the War of the Ring, the ruffians who took over the Shire had a staging post or barracks in Waymeet,[2] and it was from here that Sharkey's Men set out for the Battle of Bywater, in which they were soundly defeated by the Shire-hobbits.

Etymology

The name refers to the village being at the meeting of three ways.[3]

The name Waymeet is a modernised spelling of the older form, Waymoot, which was the spelling preferred by Tolkien in early drafts of The Return of the King. Though he ultimately modernised the name within the book itself, the map of the Shire in the prologue of The Fellowship of the Ring was never corrected, and still carries the older spelling of the name.[4]

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