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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Shirebourn'' means "Bright-stream". However, in most translations, it is translated "River of the Shire" instead.<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]] (2008), ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', p. lix</ref>
''Shirebourn'' means "Bright-stream". The etymology must be [[Old English]] ''scïr'' "bright, clear, pure" + burna "stream".<ref>{{AB|Comm}}</ref> ''Shirebourne'' is the [[Old English]] name of the [[Wikipedia:River Sherbourne|Sherbourne]] river by Coventry, having the same etymology.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lix</ref>


[[David Salo]] suggested it represents a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] etymology *''Scirburna'' "River of the Shire".<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]}}</ref>
Although the name has nothing to do with ''Shire'', in most translations, it is translated "River of the Shire" instead.{{fact}}
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The Shirebourn is a lesser river of the Shire's Eastfarthing. Its source was in the uplands of the Green Hill Country, from where it flowed south and then southeast, where it matched the boundary with the Southfarthing. At Willowbottom, it met the Thistle Brook, and then flowed eastwards.

The Shirebourn flowed into the Brandywine beneath Deephallow, and at its mouth formed the boggy region known as the Overbourn Marshes, opposite the southern end of the High Hay.[1] Its outflow was the Mithe.[2]

Etymology

Shirebourn means "Bright-stream". The etymology must be Old English scïr "bright, clear, pure" + burna "stream".[3] Shirebourne is the Old English name of the Sherbourne river by Coventry, having the same etymology.[4]

Although the name has nothing to do with Shire, in most translations, it is translated "River of the Shire" instead.[source?]

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