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[[Doderic Brandybuck|Doderic]] [[Ilberic Brandybuck|Ilberic]] [[Celandine Brandybuck|Celandine]] | [[Doderic Brandybuck|Doderic]] [[Ilberic Brandybuck|Ilberic]] [[Celandine Brandybuck|Celandine]] | ||
b. 1389 b. 1391 b.1394 | b. 1389 b. 1391 b.1394 | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The Hobbitish name referred to their tendency to be fat and so to strain their belts, meaning "Tight-belt", or "Belt-tightener / strainer / stretcher". | |||
==Inspiration== | |||
Bracegirdle is a real-life English surname. [[Tolkien]] had noted that it followed the type of Romance compounds with the verbal element first (instead of *"Girdlebracer") | |||
[[Category:Hobbit Families]] | [[Category:Hobbit Families]] | ||
[[Category:Bracegirdle]] | [[Category:Bracegirdle]] | ||
[[de:Straffgürtel]] | [[de:Straffgürtel]] | ||
[[fi:Piukkapaula]] | [[fi:Piukkapaula]] |
Revision as of 10:09, 10 October 2010
An important and populous family of Shire-hobbits, associated with the town or village of Hardbottle. The most famous of them was Lobelia Bracegirdle, who married Otho Sackville-Baggins.
Genealogy
Blanco Bracegirdle = Primrose Boffin | b. 1265 _______________|________________ | | | | Bruno Bracegirdle Lobelia = Otho Sackville-Baggins 1313-1410 1318-1420 | 1310-1412 ______|______ | | | | Hugo Bracegirdle Hilda = Seredic Brandybuck Lotho Sackville-Baggins b. 1350 b. 1354 | b. 1348 1364-1419 _________|_________ | | | Doderic Ilberic Celandine b. 1389 b. 1391 b.1394
Etymology
The Hobbitish name referred to their tendency to be fat and so to strain their belts, meaning "Tight-belt", or "Belt-tightener / strainer / stretcher".
Inspiration
Bracegirdle is a real-life English surname. Tolkien had noted that it followed the type of Romance compounds with the verbal element first (instead of *"Girdlebracer")