The Encyclopedia of Arda - Carl ‘Nibs’ Cotton (original) (raw)

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Dates Born III 2989 (1389 by the Shire-reckoning) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Cotton Settlements Lived on the Cottons' family farm, down South Lane from Bywater Pronunciation ka'rl ko'tton Meaning Carl means 'free man'1 Other names Nicknamed 'Nibs'2 Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: N Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 August 2024 This entry is complete The youngest of Tom Cotton’s children Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Tolman 'Tom' Cotton Lily Brown Tolman 'Tom' Cotton (Junior) Rose Cotton Wilcome 'Jolly' Cotton Bowman 'Nick' Cotton Carl'Nibs'Cotton The fifth of Tolman Cotton's five children, with whom Sam Gamgee played as a child in Bywater Pool. At the time of the Scouring of the Shire he was no more than thirty years old (considered a young and irresponsible age by Hobbits, who did not come of age until thirty-three). When his father and brothers went to fight against Sharkey's Men, Carl was left to protect his mother and his sister. After the War of the Ring, he became Sam Gamgee's brother-in-law, when Sam married the same sister Carl had protected during the Battle of Bywater: Rosie Cotton. Notes 1 The name Carl comes from Old English, referring to a specific low rank of freeman. The original form was Ceorl, and indeed that form of the name is recorded as being used among the Rohirrim. Both Carl and Ceorl represent translations of the characters' original names from the language of the Northmen, and given their common origins, the original (unrecorded) forms in Middle-earth would also presumably have been similar to one another. 2 Carl's nickname of 'Nibs' is not explained, though in common use, 'nibs' refers to a person with an inflated sense of their own importance (especially in an expression like 'his nibs'). Lacking a direct explanation of the name, it's impossible to say whether this modern sense was intended by Tolkien as any kind of insight into Carl's personality. See also... Carl Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: N Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 August 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2017, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.

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Dates Born III 2989 (1389 by the Shire-reckoning) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Cotton Settlements Lived on the Cottons' family farm, down South Lane from Bywater Pronunciation ka'rl ko'tton Meaning Carl means 'free man'1 Other names Nicknamed 'Nibs'2 Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: N Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 August 2024 This entry is complete The youngest of Tom Cotton’s children

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Tolman 'Tom' Cotton (Junior) Rose Cotton Wilcome 'Jolly' Cotton Bowman 'Nick' Cotton Carl'Nibs'Cotton The fifth of Tolman Cotton's five children, with whom Sam Gamgee played as a child in Bywater Pool. At the time of the Scouring of the Shire he was no more than thirty years old (considered a young and irresponsible age by Hobbits, who did not come of age until thirty-three). When his father and brothers went to fight against Sharkey's Men, Carl was left to protect his mother and his sister. After the War of the Ring, he became Sam Gamgee's brother-in-law, when Sam married the same sister Carl had protected during the Battle of Bywater: Rosie Cotton. Notes 1 The name Carl comes from Old English, referring to a specific low rank of freeman. The original form was Ceorl, and indeed that form of the name is recorded as being used among the Rohirrim. Both Carl and Ceorl represent translations of the characters' original names from the language of the Northmen, and given their common origins, the original (unrecorded) forms in Middle-earth would also presumably have been similar to one another. 2 Carl's nickname of 'Nibs' is not explained, though in common use, 'nibs' refers to a person with an inflated sense of their own importance (especially in an expression like 'his nibs'). Lacking a direct explanation of the name, it's impossible to say whether this modern sense was intended by Tolkien as any kind of insight into Carl's personality. See also... Carl Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: N Hobbits About this entry: Updated 2 August 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2017, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.