The Encyclopedia of Arda - Filbert (original) (raw)

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Location Found across Middle-earth, from the Shire southward at least as far as Ithilien Species Corylus avellana Pronunciation 'fi'lbert' Meaning Named for St Philbert or Philibert, because this plant's nuts ripened close to St Philbert's Day on 20 August Other names Hazel Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 3 January 2023 This entry is complete An old name for hazel "Primeroles and anemones were awake in the filbert-brakes..." The Two Towers IV 4_Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit_ Hazel was found across Middle-earth, from Beleriand in the far northwest during the First Age, to regions at least as far southward as Ithilien in the Third Age. A tangled shrub or small tree, hazel produces dangling flowers in spring, and edible nuts in late summer. Historically hazelnuts ripened near St Philbert's day, and so the nuts (and the tree that produced them) came to be known as 'filbert'. Hazel or filbert tends to grow in dense matted thickets, also known by their older name of 'brakes', hence the 'filbert-brakes' that Frodo and Sam encountered as they journeyed through Ithilien on the Quest of Mount Doom. See also... Hazel, Primeroles Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 3 January 2023 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2019, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.