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'''Old Winyards''' was a red wine from [[the Shire]]'s [[Southfarthing]], noted for its strength. [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s father [[Bungo Baggins]], who delved [[Bag End]], seems to have laid down a large number of bottles of this wine. Bilbo gave a present of a dozen bottles to [[Rorimac Brandybuck]], [[Master of Buckland]] at the time he left the Shire,<ref>{{FR|I1}}</ref> but this still left plenty for his heir [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. The Old Winyards lasted another seventeen years, until the last drop was drunk by Frodo as he set out on his own adventures.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>
'''Old Winyards''' was a place in [[the Shire]]'s [[Southfarthing]]<ref name="nomen"/>, noted for its production of strong wines of the same name.  
 
[[Bungo Baggins]], who delved [[Bag End]], seems to have laid down a large number of bottles of "Old Winyards". His son, [[Bilbo Baggins]] gave a present of a dozen bottles to [[Rorimac Brandybuck]], [[Master of Buckland]] at the time he left the Shire,<ref>{{FR|I1}}</ref> but this still left plenty for his heir [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. The Old Winyards lasted another seventeen years, until the last drop was drunk by Frodo as he set out on his own adventures.<ref>{{FR|I3}}</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name derives from a Shire place-name, meaning "the Old Vineyards".<ref name="nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 781-2</ref>
The name means "the Old Vineyards".<ref name="nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 781-2</ref>


Winyard is a real-life place-name in England, and [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] notes that it descends from [[Old English]] before the assimilation to Romance stem ''vin-''.<ref name="nomen"/>
Winyard is a real-life place-name in England, and [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] notes that it descends from [[Old English]] before the assimilation to Romance stem ''vin-''.<ref name="nomen"/>
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Old Winyards was a place in the Shire's Southfarthing[1], noted for its production of strong wines of the same name.

Bungo Baggins, who delved Bag End, seems to have laid down a large number of bottles of "Old Winyards". His son, Bilbo Baggins gave a present of a dozen bottles to Rorimac Brandybuck, Master of Buckland at the time he left the Shire,[2] but this still left plenty for his heir Frodo. The Old Winyards lasted another seventeen years, until the last drop was drunk by Frodo as he set out on his own adventures.[3]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The name means "the Old Vineyards".[1]

Winyard is a real-life place-name in England, and Tolkien notes that it descends from Old English before the assimilation to Romance stem vin-.[1]

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