Tobold Hornblower
| Tobold Hornblower | |
|---|---|
| Hobbit | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Old Toby |
| Position | Cultivator of pipe-weed |
| Location | Longbottom |
| Birth | Third Age |
| Death | Third Age |
| Family | |
| Family | Hornblower |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
Tobold "Old Toby" Hornblower was a famous Hobbit.
History
Toby came from Longbottom in the Southfarthing of the Shire. During his time the Shire-hobbits had the tradition of inhaling smoke of herbs, and Toby knew much about herbs; he was not a traveller but in his youth he travelled often to Bree. Merry Brandybuck speculated that it was in one of such travels when he first learned of the pipe-weed which he famously introduced to the Shire around S.R. 1070 (the Bree-hobbits claim to be the first smokers of that herb, which Merry accepts as true).
Toby however never revealed how he came by the weed even at the time of his death.[1][2][3]
His name, "Old Toby", was given to his variety of weed.
Etymology
Tobold is a form of Theobald which contains theud "people" and bald "bold".[4]
Other versions of the legendarium
In a draft version of the chapter "The Road to Isengard", the name of this hobbit was Elias Tobiasson of Mugworth.[5] In Swedish, Elias Tobiasson is a normal name of a person.[6]
In another early version of the legendarium, Toby was named Tobias Hornblower, and his Westron name was Zāra-tōbi Raspūta.[7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Pipe-weed"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Road to Isengard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 31
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Ring, "Part One: The Fall of Saruman", "III. The Road to Isengard", p. 36
- ↑ Noted by User:Morgan (26 December 2010)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages"
