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The '''Bracegirdle Family''' were an important and populous family of [[Shire-hobbits]], associated with the town or village of [[Hardbottle]]. The most famous of them was [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia Bracegirdle]], who married [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]. | |||
==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". Bracegirdle is a real-life English surname. [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] had noted that it followed the type of Romance compounds with the verbal element first (instead of *"Girdlebracer").<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 754</ref> | |||
==Genealogy<ref>{{App|Boffin}}</ref>== | |||
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{{familytree | | |BRU| | | | | | |LOB|y|OTH| |BRU=[[Bruno Bracegirdle|Bruno]]<br><small>{{SR|1313}}-{{SR|1410}}</small>|LOB=[[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]]<br><small>{{SR|1318}}-{{SR|1420}}</small>|OTH=[[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]<br><small>{{SR|1310}}-{{SR|1412}}</small> }} | |||
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{{familytree |HUG| |HIL|y|SER| | |LOT| | | | |HUG=[[Hugo Bracegirdle|Hugo]]<br><small>b. {{SR|1350}}</small>|HIL=[[Hilda Bracegirdle|Hilda]]<br><small>b. {{SR|1354}}</small>|SER=[[Seredic Brandybuck]]<br><small>b. {{SR|1348}}</small>|LOT=[[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho]]<br><small>{{SR|1364}}-{{SR|1419}}</small> }} | |||
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{{familytree | | |DOD| |ILB| |CEL| | |DOD=[[Doderic Brandybuck|Doderic]]<br><small>b. {{SR|1389}}</small>|ILB=[[Ilberic Brandybuck|Ilberic]]<br><small>b. {{SR|1391}}</small>|CEL=[[Celandine Brandybuck|Celandine]]<br><small>b. {{SR|1394}}</small>}} | |||
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Revision as of 19:16, 14 December 2010
The Bracegirdle Family were 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.
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". 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").[1]
Genealogy[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 754
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Boffin of the Yale"
