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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word ''smial'' is an invention of Tolkien based on the Old English word ''smygel''. Smial is a translation of the [[Hobbitish]] word ''trân'' ([[Rohirric]] ''trahan'' "burrow") | The word ''smial'' is an invention of Tolkien based on the [[Old English]] word ''smygel''. Smial is a translation of the [[Hobbitish]] word ''[[trân]]'' ([[Rohirric]] ''[[trahan]]'' "burrow"). | ||
The names [[Smaug]] and [[Sméagol]] are related. | |||
==In real world== | ==In real world== | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 18 July 2009
Smials are the hobbit-holes, inhabited by the well-to-do Hobbits, luxurious versions of the simple diggings of old. They had rounded walls and branched to other rooms.
However suitable sites for these large and ramifying tunnels were not everywhere to be found and many lived in wood, brick or stone houses. The poorest, however, went on living in burrows of the most primitive kind with only one window or none.
The Great Smials of Tuckborough were large enough to have room for a hundred Hobbits.
Etymology
The word smial is an invention of Tolkien based on the Old English word smygel. Smial is a translation of the Hobbitish word trân (Rohirric trahan "burrow").
The names Smaug and Sméagol are related.
In real world
"Smial" is a term used by Tolkien fans to refer to divisions of Tolkien Societies.
References
- The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, 1. Concerning Hobbits.
