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Gerda Boffin | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Gerda Bolger |
Location | The Yale Budgeford |
Birth | S.R. 1304 |
Death | S.R. 1404 (aged 100) |
Family | |
Family | Boffin |
Parentage | Uffo Boffin and Sapphira Brockhouse |
Siblings | Gruffo |
Spouse | Adalbert Bolger |
Children | Filibert |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Gerda Boffin was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History[edit | edit source]
Gerda was the second child of Uffo Boffin and Sapphira Brockhouse.[1] She married Adalbert Bolger and had one son, Filibert.[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Gerda is a name of the goddess Gerðr, an Old Norse name meaning "fenced-in".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Boffin of the Yale"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Bolger of Budgeford"
- ↑ Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend p. 54