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'''Upbourn''' is a hamlet located in [[Rohan]], south of [[Edoras]] on the banks of the [[Snowbourn]] in the valley of [[Harrowdale]]. | '''Upbourn''' is a hamlet located in [[Rohan]], south of [[Edoras]] on the banks of the [[Snowbourn]] in the valley of [[Harrowdale]]. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name is a modernization of the [[Old English]] ''Upburnan''. | The name is a modernization of the [[Old English]] ''Upburnan'' as would represent [[Rohirric]]. | ||
It derives from the fact that the hamlet was some way "up" the river Snowbourn | It derives from the fact that the hamlet was some way "up" the river Snowbourn | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 14 October 2010
Upbourn is a hamlet located in Rohan, south of Edoras on the banks of the Snowbourn in the valley of Harrowdale.
Etymology
The name is a modernization of the Old English Upburnan as would represent Rohirric.
It derives from the fact that the hamlet was some way "up" the river Snowbourn
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).[1]
