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Hardbottle was the ancestral home of the [[Bracegirdle Family]], whose most famous daughter was [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]], better known by her married name of [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]. After the [[War of the Ring]], she was rescued from the [[Michel Delving]] [[Lockholes]] to find that she had lost the last of her family, her son [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho]]. This news caused her to give up [[Bag End]], and return to her family home at Hardbottle in the [[Northfarthing]]. | Hardbottle was the ancestral home of the [[Bracegirdle Family]], whose most famous daughter was [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]], better known by her married name of [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]. After the [[War of the Ring]], she was rescued from the [[Michel Delving]] [[Lockholes]] to find that she had lost the last of her family, her son [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins|Lotho]]. This news caused her to give up [[Bag End]], and return to her family home at Hardbottle in the [[Northfarthing]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name means "rocky (hard) large dwelling", because it is excavated in or built of stone of the rocky North Farthing. | The name means "rocky (hard) large dwelling", because it is excavated in or built of stone of the rocky North Farthing.<ref name="Nomen"/> | ||
The element ''bottle'' and ''bold'' ([[Old English]] ''botl'', from which the verb "build" is derived) is a real-life English place-name element meaning | The element ''bottle'' and ''bold'' ([[Old English]] ''botl'', from which the verb "build" is derived) is a real-life English place-name element meaning "(large) dwelling".<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 771</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Nobottle]] | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Cities, Towns and Villages]] | |||
[[Category:Cities, Towns and Villages of the Shire]] | [[Category:Cities, Towns and Villages of the Shire]] | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 14 October 2010
Hardbottle was a settlement in the stony northern parts of the Shire.[1]
Hardbottle was the ancestral home of the Bracegirdle Family, whose most famous daughter was Lobelia, better known by her married name of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. After the War of the Ring, she was rescued from the Michel Delving Lockholes to find that she had lost the last of her family, her son Lotho. This news caused her to give up Bag End, and return to her family home at Hardbottle in the Northfarthing.
Etymology
The name means "rocky (hard) large dwelling", because it is excavated in or built of stone of the rocky North Farthing.[2]
The element bottle and bold (Old English botl, from which the verb "build" is derived) is a real-life English place-name element meaning "(large) dwelling".[2]
See also
References
- ↑ So far north, in fact, that it does not appear on the map of the Shire included in The Lord of the Rings.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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, p. 771
