Brockenbores, or Brockenborings, was a network of tunnels in the northern part of the Shire's Eastfarthing, in the hilly region of Scary.[1] This was one of the more outlying parts of the Shire, which was perhaps the reason that a band of Hobbit rebels led by Fredegar Bolger, hid here for a time when 'Sharkey' took control of the Shire during the War of the Ring.[2]
Etymology
The name of this place is given as 'Brockenbores' in the text of The Lord of the Rings, but as "Brockenborings" on A Part of the Shire.
David Salo suggests a speculative derivation from Old Hobbitish *Broccesboran.[3]
The name(s) translate approximately as "badger-burrowings".[4]
Portrayal in adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Brockenborings is not mere tunnels but a proper large town, with an inn, a market, multiple hobbit holes and farmfields to the north and east. It is located at the eastern edge of a wood and at the souther edge of the Greenfields.
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 Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
- ↑ David Salo, "Hobbitish Place-names (1.21)" 23 November 1998, Elfling, accessed 9 March 2013
- ↑ 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. 767