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==Etymology==
==Etymology==
According to [[David Salo]] the name means "hall in a wood", representing a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Wuduheall''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=28 April 2013}}</ref>
According to [[David Salo]] the name means "hall in a wood", representing a possible [[Old English|Old Hobbitish]] ''Wuduheall''.<ref>{{webcite|author=[[David Salo]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/message/121|articlename=Hobbitish Place-names|dated=23 November 1998|website=[[Elfling]]|accessed=28 April 2013}}</ref> The latter element (see: ''[[Wiktionary:haugh|haugh]]'') means "recess, a piece of land half-enclosed by slopes or wood" is also seen in "[[Deephallow]]".


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Woodhall
Village
Matěj Čadil - Woodhall.jpg
"Woodhall" by Matěj Čadil
General Information
LocationEastfarthing, the Shire
TypeVillage
InhabitantsHobbits
GalleryImages of Woodhall

Woodhall was a village in the Eastfarthing of the Shire within the woods of Woody End.[1] Frodo, Sam and Pippin met Gildor Inglorion and his people on the road near the Woody End above Woodhall,[2] and the three passed close by the village on the last stages of their journey to Bucklebury Ferry.[3]

Etymology

According to David Salo the name means "hall in a wood", representing a possible Old Hobbitish Wuduheall.[4] The latter element (see: haugh) means "recess, a piece of land half-enclosed by slopes or wood" is also seen in "Deephallow".

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