Hending
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| Hending | |
|---|---|
| Hobbit | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Location | Hobbiton |
| Birth | S.R. 1259 |
| Family | |
| Family | Greenhand |
| Parentage | Holman the greenhanded |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Hending was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Hending was the fourth child of Holman the greenhanded.[1]
Etymology
The name in Middle English means "courteous, skillful one".[2] In Gerald of Wales on the Survival of Welsh, Tolkien equates the name "Hending" — nominally the author of a compilation of traditional proverbs that end with "quoth Hending" — with the Welsh "henddyn", the typical wise old man.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
- ↑ Jim Allan (ed.), An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"
- ↑ Mark T. Hooker, Tolkien and Welsh p. 194
