Kûd-dûkan

The Kûd-dûkan was a creature of Rohanese folklore which referred to Hobbits.

Etymology

The name means "hole-dweller" and can be analyzed as kûd "hole" and dûkan "dweller" (from a verbal stem *dûk "to dwell" and a suffix -an)

It is translated into Old English as Holbytla, "hole-dweller".

References

• The Two Towers, The Road to Isengard
• Appendix F