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In a note to translators, Tolkien said that ''Dwaling'' | Dwaling seems to be a dialectal form of ''[[Wiktionary:dwelling|dwelling]]''. | ||
In a note to translators, Tolkien said, but without making clear if it was his intended meaning, that ''Dwaling'' "should be" 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".<ref name="lviii">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], Undated note part of ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature]]'', cited in {{HM|RC}}, p. lviii</ref> | |||
It is notable that ''dull'' and ''dwale'' ([[Gothic]]: ''dwals'' "fool") are cognates of Tol- in [[Tolkien|'''Tol'''kien]] (German: '''''toll'''kühn'', "foolhardy").<ref>{{L|165}}, p. 218</ref> Tolkien himself has translated his own name into Gothic as ''Dwalakōneis''.<ref name="lviii"/><ref>[[Mark T. Hooker]], ''[[A Tolkienian Mathomium]]'', pp. 49-52</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 06:28, 5 December 2020
| Dwaling | |
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| Village | |
| General Information | |
| Location | Eastfarthing, the Shire |
| Type | Village |
| Inhabitants | Hobbits |
| Gallery | Images of Dwaling |
Dwaling was a village in the far Northern parts of the Eastfarthing of the Shire, just north of the hills of Scary.[1]
Etymology
Dwaling seems to be a dialectal form of dwelling.
In a note to translators, Tolkien said, but without making clear if it was his intended meaning, that Dwaling "should be" 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".[2]
It is notable that dull and dwale (Gothic: dwals "fool") are cognates of Tol- in Tolkien (German: tollkühn, "foolhardy").[3] Tolkien himself has translated his own name into Gothic as Dwalakōneis.[2][4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Part of the Shire" map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Undated note part of Nomenclature, cited in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. lviii
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 165, (undated, written June 1955), p. 218
- ↑ Mark T. Hooker, A Tolkienian Mathomium, pp. 49-52
