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'''Oakley''' (in the Vulgar tongue) or '''Quercetum''' (in Latin) was a neighbouring village of [[Ham]] where [[Farmer Giles]] lived. When the [[dragons#Other fiction|dragon]] [[Chrysophylax]] came to the [[Middle Kingdom]] initially he was far away and therefore not a great worry to the farmer. However, when Chrysophylax came to Quercetum and ate sheep, cows, two young people, and the village parson, the folk of Ham became alarmed and called upon Giles to save them. <ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''</ref> | '''Oakley''' (in the Vulgar tongue) or '''Quercetum''' (in Latin) was a neighbouring village of [[Ham]] where [[Farmer Giles]] lived. When the [[dragons#Other fiction|dragon]] [[Chrysophylax]] came to the [[Middle Kingdom]] initially he was far away and therefore not a great worry to the farmer. However, when Chrysophylax came to Quercetum and ate sheep, cows, two young people, and the village parson, the folk of Ham became alarmed and called upon Giles to save them. <ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]''</ref> | ||
In Oxfordshire there is a village of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley,_Oxfordshire Oakley] about five miles northeast of [[Oxford]] and in about same distance northwest of [[Thame]] (or [[Ham]]). Thus it can be said to be the "neighbouring | In Oxfordshire there is a village of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakley,_Oxfordshire Oakley] about five miles northeast of [[Oxford]] and in about same distance northwest of [[Thame]] (or [[Ham]]). Thus it can be said to be the "neighbouring village". The church of Oakley is recorded in 1142.<ref name=oakley>[[J.R.R: Tolkien]], [[Farmer_Giles_of_Ham#50th_Anniversary_Edition|''Farmer Giles of Ham'', 50th Anniversary Edition]], Notes, p. 115.</ref> | ||
Name Oakley derives from [[Old English]] ''acleah'' 'oak wood'.<ref name=oakley /> The Latin ''Quercetum'' (cf. ''quercus'' 'oak') has the same meaning.<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DQ%3Aentry+group%3D6%3Aentry%3Dquercetum Lewis – Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'' s.v. ''quercētum''] (Perseus; accessed 26.5.2020).</ref> | Name Oakley derives from [[Old English]] ''acleah'' 'oak wood'.<ref name=oakley /> The Latin ''Quercetum'' (cf. ''quercus'' 'oak') has the same meaning.<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DQ%3Aentry+group%3D6%3Aentry%3Dquercetum Lewis – Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'' s.v. ''quercētum''] (Perseus; accessed 26.5.2020).</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 26 May 2020
Oakley (in the Vulgar tongue) or Quercetum (in Latin) was a neighbouring village of Ham where Farmer Giles lived. When the dragon Chrysophylax came to the Middle Kingdom initially he was far away and therefore not a great worry to the farmer. However, when Chrysophylax came to Quercetum and ate sheep, cows, two young people, and the village parson, the folk of Ham became alarmed and called upon Giles to save them. [1]
In Oxfordshire there is a village of Oakley about five miles northeast of Oxford and in about same distance northwest of Thame (or Ham). Thus it can be said to be the "neighbouring village". The church of Oakley is recorded in 1142.[2]
Name Oakley derives from Old English acleah 'oak wood'.[2] The Latin Quercetum (cf. quercus 'oak') has the same meaning.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Farmer Giles of Ham
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R: Tolkien, Farmer Giles of Ham, 50th Anniversary Edition, Notes, p. 115.
- ↑ Lewis – Short, A Latin Dictionary s.v. quercētum (Perseus; accessed 26.5.2020).
