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The 'ford' in its name apparently derives from a ford across this stream. On the [[A Part of the Shire|Shire Map]] the name is written '''Budge Ford''', perhaps denoting especially the ford. | The 'ford' in its name apparently derives from a ford across this stream. On the [[A Part of the Shire|Shire Map]] the name is written '''Budge Ford''', perhaps denoting especially the ford. | ||
''Budge-'' was an obscure [[Hobbitish]] element of no clear meaning in [[Westron]], believed to be connected to ''bulge'' and [[Bolgers]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 767</ref> Based on this, [[David Salo]] has suggested that the name represents a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] form *''Bolgraford'' "Ford of the Bolgers".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl= | ''Budge-'' was an obscure [[Hobbitish]] element of no clear meaning in [[Westron]], believed to be connected to ''bulge'' and [[Bolgers]].<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 767</ref> Based on this, [[David Salo]] has suggested that the name represents a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] form *''Bolgraford'' "Ford of the Bolgers".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=https://tolkienlistsearch.herokuapp.com/message/5e9c35b63ee6a6c41e9862d6|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names (1.21)|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=2022-09-23}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:28, 23 September 2022
| Budgeford | |
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| Town | |
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| "Budgeford" by Matěj Čadil | |
| General Information | |
| Location | Eastfarthing, the Shire |
| Type | Town |
| Inhabitants | Hobbits |
| Gallery | Images of Budgeford |
Budgeford was a Hobbit settlement in the eastern part of the Shire, so close to the Brandywine Bridge that it fell in the district known as Bridgefields. It lay on the tributary of the Brandywine known simply as the Water, north of Whitfurrows. The town of Budgeford was the seat of the Bolgers, an important family among the Shire-hobbits.[1]
Etymology
The 'ford' in its name apparently derives from a ford across this stream. On the Shire Map the name is written Budge Ford, perhaps denoting especially the ford.
Budge- was an obscure Hobbitish element of no clear meaning in Westron, believed to be connected to bulge and Bolgers.[2] Based on this, David Salo has suggested that the name represents a possible Old Hobbitish form *Bolgraford "Ford of the Bolgers".[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, "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
- ↑ David Salo, "Hobbitish Place-names (1.21)" dated 23 November 1998, Elfling (accessed 23 September 2022)
