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On the evening of [[24 September]] {{TA|3018}}, [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] met [[Gildor Inglorion]] and his party of wandering elves in the Woody End.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref> | On the evening of [[24 September]] {{TA|3018}}, [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] met [[Gildor Inglorion]] and his party of wandering elves in the Woody End.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref> | ||
It is implied that during the [[Scouring of The Shire]] that Woody End was partially destroyed by [[Saruman|Sharkey]]’s Men as evidenced by the voluminous amount of smoke rising from its direction, as seen by the Travellers on their way to Hobbiton. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
According to [[David Salo]] the name means "place at one end of a wood", representing a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Wudig Ende''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=28 April 2013}}</ref> | According to [[David Salo]] the name means "place at one end of a wood", representing a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Wudig Ende''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=28 April 2013}}</ref> | ||
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Woody End was an upland wooded region of the Eastfarthing of the Shire, lying between the Green Hill Country on the west and the Marish on the east. Its woods were the sources of the Stock-brook and the Thistle Brook. One the northern eaves of the region was Woodhall.[1]
On the evening of 24 September T.A. 3018, Frodo, Pippin, and Sam met Gildor Inglorion and his party of wandering elves in the Woody End.[2]
It is implied that during the Scouring of The Shire that Woody End was partially destroyed by Sharkey’s Men as evidenced by the voluminous amount of smoke rising from its direction, as seen by the Travellers on their way to Hobbiton.
Etymology
According to David Salo the name means "place at one end of a wood", representing a possible Old Hobbitish Wudig Ende.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Part of the Shire" map
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"
- ↑ David Salo, "Hobbitish Place-names" dated 23 November 1998, Elfling (accessed 28 April 2013)
