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| othernames=''Upburnan''
| location=[[Harrowdale]] ([[Rohan]])
| type=Hamlet
| description=a small hamlet on the banks of the [[Snowbourn]] river
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| inhabitants=[[Rohirrim]]
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'''Upbourn''' was a hamlet located in [[Rohan]], south of [[Edoras]] on the banks of the [[Snowbourn]] in the valley of [[Harrowdale]].<ref>{{RK|Muster}}</ref>
'''Upbourn''' was a hamlet located in [[Rohan]], south of [[Edoras]] on the banks of the [[Snowbourn]] in the valley of [[Harrowdale]].<ref>{{RK|Muster}}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==

Revision as of 01:30, 11 June 2020

Upbourn
Hamlet
General Information
Other namesUpburnan
LocationHarrowdale (Rohan)
TypeHamlet
Descriptiona small hamlet on the banks of the Snowbourn river
InhabitantsRohirrim
GalleryImages of Upbourn

Upbourn was a hamlet located in Rohan, south of Edoras on the banks of the Snowbourn in the valley of Harrowdale.[1]

Etymology

The name is a modernisation of the Old English Upburnan as would represent Rohirric.[2]

It derives from the fact that the hamlet was some way "up" the river Snowbourn.[2]

As Tolkien noted, up- is used in English place-names for river-side villages (as Upavon in Wiltshire), especially in contrast to larger places near its mouth (as Upwey above Weymouth).[2]

References