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Dwaling was a village in the far Northern parts of the Eastfarthing of the Shire, just north of the hills of Scary.
Etymology
In a note to translators, Tolkien said that Dwaling was a regular toponymic formation of a settlement's name, "the descendants of Dwale". Dwale would be a nick-name of one particular Hobbit, and the name was derived from Old English dwale, "dull".[1] This name has been connected to Dwalakōneis, the Gothic translation of Tolkien's own name.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Undated note part of Nomenclature, cited in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, page lviii
- ↑ Mark T. Hooker, A Tolkienian Mathomium, pp. 49-52