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Dates Born III 2854 (1254 by the Shire-reckoning) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family A son of Holman the greenhanded Settlements Hobbiton Pronunciation e'rling Meaning Probably 'farmer' or a related term1 Indexes: Alphabetical: E Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 July 2021 This entry is complete A son of Holman the greenhanded Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Holman the greenhanded Rowan Halfred Greenhand Erling Hending Rose One of the five children of Holman the greenhanded of Hobbiton, Erling belonged to the earlier generations of Samwise Gamgee's family, though he was not a direct ancestor of Sam himself. Instead, Erling's elder sister Rowan married Hob Gammidge of Tighfield, who was to become Sam's great-grandfather. Notes 1 We have a clue to the meaning behind Erling's name in earlier drafts for the Gamgee family genealogy in volume XII of The History of Middle-earth, where the name is given the form Erdling. In Old English, erdling (or yrðling) was literally 'earthling', in the sense of someone connected to the earth or soil. The term could be used in a general way for 'farmer', but was also used in a more specific sense to denote 'ploughman'. Indexes: Alphabetical: E Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 July 2021 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2017, 2021. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.

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Dates Born III 2854 (1254 by the Shire-reckoning) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family A son of Holman the greenhanded Settlements Hobbiton Pronunciation e'rling Meaning Probably 'farmer' or a related term1 Indexes: Alphabetical: E Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 July 2021 This entry is complete A son of Holman the greenhanded

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Holman the greenhanded

Rowan Halfred Greenhand Erling Hending Rose One of the five children of Holman the greenhanded of Hobbiton, Erling belonged to the earlier generations of Samwise Gamgee's family, though he was not a direct ancestor of Sam himself. Instead, Erling's elder sister Rowan married Hob Gammidge of Tighfield, who was to become Sam's great-grandfather. Notes 1 We have a clue to the meaning behind Erling's name in earlier drafts for the Gamgee family genealogy in volume XII of The History of Middle-earth, where the name is given the form Erdling. In Old English, erdling (or yrðling) was literally 'earthling', in the sense of someone connected to the earth or soil. The term could be used in a general way for 'farmer', but was also used in a more specific sense to denote 'ploughman'. Indexes: Alphabetical: E Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 July 2021 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2017, 2021. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.