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'''Mathoms''' was an old word of the [[Hobbitish|hobbit-dialect]], not recorded as being in use outside the [[Shire]]. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the [[Shire-hobbits]] - an important part of their culture - or stored in the [[Mathom-house]] in [[Michel Delving]]. | '''Mathoms''' was an old word of the [[Hobbitish|hobbit-dialect]], not recorded as being in use outside the [[Shire]]. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the [[Shire-hobbits]] - an important part of their culture - or stored in the [[Mathom-house]] in [[Michel Delving]]. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
Mathom is an English rendering of the original [[Westron]] word ''kast''. | |||
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Revision as of 10:56, 17 January 2009
Mathoms was an old word of the hobbit-dialect, not recorded as being in use outside the Shire. It was used to refer to any item that had no particular immediate use, but whose owner had no wish to throw away. Mathoms were often given as presents by the Shire-hobbits - an important part of their culture - or stored in the Mathom-house in Michel Delving.
Etymology
Mathom is an English rendering of the original Westron word kast.
