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'''Upbourn''' | {{location infobox | ||
| name=Upbourn | |||
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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> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
The name is a modernisation of the [[Old English]] ''Upburnan'' as would represent [[Rohirric]].<ref name="Nomen"/> | |||
[[ | It derives from the fact that the hamlet was some way "up" the river Snowbourn.<ref name="Nomen"/> | ||
As [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] noted, ''up-'' is used in English place-names for river-side villages (as [[wikipedia:Upavon|Upavon]] in [[wikipedia:Wiltshire|Wiltshire]]), especially in contrast to larger places near its mouth (as [[wikipedia:Upwey, Dorset|Upwey]] above [[wikipedia:Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]).<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 778</ref> | |||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages]] | |||
[[Category:Rohan]] | [[Category:Rohan]] | ||
[[de:Hochborn]] | |||
[[fi:Ylävuo]] | |||
[[fr:encyclo/geographie/villes_tours_et_forteresses/rohan/upbourn]] | [[fr:encyclo/geographie/villes_tours_et_forteresses/rohan/upbourn]] | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 19 June 2020
| Upbourn | |
|---|---|
| Hamlet | |
| General Information | |
| Other names | Upburnan |
| Location | Harrowdale (Rohan) |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Description | A small hamlet on the banks of the Snowbourn river |
| Inhabitants | Rohirrim |
| Gallery | Images 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]
