Prisca Baggins

Prisca Bolger, née Baggins, was a Hobbit of the Shire.

[edit] History

Prisca was the second child and daughter of Polo Baggins.^[1] She married Wilibald Bolger, and had three children: Wilimar, Heribald and Nora. Her husband passed away before S.R. 1401, but she attended Bilbo's Farewell Party with her children.^{[2][note 1]}

[edit] Etymology

Prisca is a Latin/Italian word meaning "former, old" from which derives the name Priscilla.^[3]

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ The 50th Anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings includes Prisca as a guest at the Farewell Party. In older editions of Appendix C, Prisca did not appear as an attendee. Robert Foster in his The Complete Guide to Middle-earth thus states that Prisca died before T.A. 3001 (entry for Prisca Bolger).

[edit] References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniv. Ed.), Appendix C, "Bolger of Budgeford"
3. ↑ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Priscilla