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| Hobbit | |
| Doderic Brandybuck | |
|---|---|
| Biographical Information | |
| Location | The Shire |
| Birth | S.R. 1389 |
| Family | |
| Family | Brandybuck |
| Parentage | Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda Bracegirdle |
| Siblings | Ilberic and Celandine |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Male |
| Gallery | Images of Doderic Brandybuck |
Doderic Brandybuck was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History
Doderic was a son of Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda Bracegirdle. He attended Bilbo's Farewell Party.[1]
Etymology
The meaning of the name Doderic is unknown. J.R.R. Tolkien noted that the names of the Bucklanders had a vaguely Celtic style.[2]
Jim Allan suggests that the name Doderic is a Germanic form of Theuderic with the variatons Theodoric and Dietrich and is a combination of the elements theud ("people") and ric ("rule", "reign").[3]
Other versions of the legendarium
In an earlier version of the family tree of the Brandybuck family he had the name Roderic,[4] the name of a Visigothic king of Spain between A.D. 710 and 711.
Portrayal in adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Doderic Brandybuck had ventured into the Old Forest along with his friend Rollo, son of Farmer Maggot. Saradoc Brandybuck asks the player to find them and send them back.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Brandybuck of Buckland"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "On Translation", p. 1135
- ↑ Jim Allan (1978), An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 191
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "III. The Family Trees", manuscript BR 4