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'''Folde''' was an ancient and historic region of [[Rohan]], close to the King's courts in [[Edoras]], which indeed originally held the King's seat at the town of [[Aldburg]]. | '''Folde''' was an ancient and historic region of [[Rohan]], close to the King's courts in [[Edoras]], which indeed originally held the King's seat at the town of [[Aldburg]].<ref>{{UT|Isen}}, Appendix (i)</ref> It was the homeland of the royal family.<ref>{{HM|Guide}}, p. 148, entry "Folde"</ref> | ||
[[Category: | The Folde was the centre of the kingdom. Its boundary eastward was roughly a line South-west from the junction of the [[Snowbourn]] and [[Entwash]] to the mountains;<ref name="ATC">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), "Guide to the Names in ''The Lord of the Rings''", published in ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]'' (edited by [[Jared Lobdell]])</ref> the [[Eastfold]] was the land from that line east to the [[Fenmark]] between Entwash and the mountains;<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref> the [[Westfold]] was along the mountains as far as the River [[Isen]].<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> | ||
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The defensive center of the Folde and Eastfold was at Edoras.<ref name="ATC">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), "Guide to the Names in ''The Lord of the Rings''", published in ''[[A Tolkien Compass]]'' (edited by [[Jared Lobdell]])</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
In [[Old English]], ''folde'' means "earth, land, country".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 770-1</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 22:57, 26 October 2016
Folde was an ancient and historic region of Rohan, close to the King's courts in Edoras, which indeed originally held the King's seat at the town of Aldburg.[1] It was the homeland of the royal family.[2]
The Folde was the centre of the kingdom. Its boundary eastward was roughly a line South-west from the junction of the Snowbourn and Entwash to the mountains;[3] the Eastfold was the land from that line east to the Fenmark between Entwash and the mountains;[4] the Westfold was along the mountains as far as the River Isen.[5]
The defensive center of the Folde and Eastfold was at Edoras.[3]
Etymology
In Old English, folde means "earth, land, country".[6]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen", Appendix (i)
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 148, entry "Folde"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings", published in A Tolkien Compass (edited by Jared Lobdell)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 770-1
