Prisca Baggins
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Prisca Baggins | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | The Shire |
Birth | S.R. 1306 |
Death | After S.R. 1401 |
Family | |
Family | Baggins |
Parentage | Polo Baggins |
Siblings | Posco |
Spouse | Wilibald Bolger |
Children | Wilimar, Heribald and Nora |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Prisca Bolger, née Baggins, was a Hobbit of the Shire.
History[edit | edit source]
Prisca was the second child and daughter of Polo Baggins.[1] She married Wilibald Bolger, and had several children: Wilimar, Heribald and Nora. Her husband passed away before S.R. 1401, but she attended Bilbo's Farewell Party with her children.[2]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Prisca is a Latin/Italian word meaning "former, old" from which derives the name Priscilla.[3]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
The 50th Anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings includes Prisca as a guest at the Farewell Party.[4] In older editions of Appendix C, Prisca is not marked as an attendee. Robert Foster in his The Complete Guide to Middle-earth thus states that Prisca died before T.A. 3001.[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniv. Ed.), Appendix C, "Bolger of Budgeford"
- ↑ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Priscilla
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniv. Ed.), Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, entry "Prisca Baggins"