| Location Found across Middle-earth, from the Shire to Mordor and doubtless beyond Species Any of hundreds of thousands of species within the order Diptera Meaning From Old English _fleoge_1 Other names Gnats are a type of fly, and small biting flies associated with wetland regions are known as 'midges' (from which Midgewater Marshes took their name) Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 26 May 2016 Updates planned: 1 Harbingers of decay Tiresome aerial insects: those in Mordor were marked with the sign of the Red Eye. Notes 1 Actually the Old English word fleoge was not as specific as modern English 'fly', and could be used to describe flying insects of any kind. We see remnants of this old usage in names like 'butterfly', a creature which is certainly not a fly in the modern sense, but nonetheless retains the '-fly' from its Old English name, buttorfleoge. See also... Evil Eye, Gnats, Great Eye, Maggots, Midges, Midgewater Marshes, Stinging Fly Indexes: Alphabetical: F Animals and Plants About this entry: Updated 26 May 2016 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.With Discus our world-class support is free for all users. We believe in empowering clients to get the most from the DISC test. |
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