The Encyclopedia of Arda - Lalia Clayhanger (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates III 2883 - III 3002 (1283 - 1402 by the Shire-reckoning, lived [119 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2883&startage=3&endyear=3002&endage=3&c=The Lifetime of Lalia Clayhanger)); head of the Took family after the death of her husband Fortinbras II in III 2980 (S.R. 1380, Lalia headed the family for [22 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2980&startage=3&endyear=3002&endage=3&c=The Headship of Lalia Clayhanger)) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Born a Clayhanger; married into the Took family Settlements Dwelt after her marriage at Great Smials Meaning Uncertain1 Titles The Fat, The Great Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: L Hobbits About this entry: Updated 26 May 2023 Updates planned: 1 The long-lived matriarch of the Took clan Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV LaliaClayhanger Fortinbras Took II Ferumbras Took III The wife of Thain Fortinbras II, who long outlived her husband and ruled the Tooks of Great Smials for twenty-two years. She was famous for her tremendous girth (she was known in less polite circles as Lalia the Fat), which was rumoured to have prevented her attendance of Bilbo's famous Birthday Party. She died the following year in an unfortunate incident involving a tipping wheelchair and a flight of garden steps. Notes 1 The meaning of the name Lalia is uncertain. In its (rare) modern use, it is thought to derive from the Greek for 'speech', implying a person who speaks well (but Lalia Clayhanger's rather fearsome reputation does not seem fit well with this interpretation). Indeed, it is far from clear that Tolkien intended the name to carry any particular meaning at all, though one alternative would be Latin lalia, 'lilies'. This would fit with the Hobbits' fondness for giving flower names to girls (and there was indeed one Hobbit known to have been named after this particular flower, Lily Baggins). As with her given name, the meaning of Lalia's family name of Clayhanger remains uncertain. The -hanger perhaps relates to Anglo-Saxon hangra, a hillside or slope, especially one covered with grass or trees. If so, Clayhanger would mean something like 'clay hillside' (which might in turn imply that the family's Hobbit-hole had originally been made in such a place). See also... Ferumbras Took III, Fortinbras Took II, Pearl Took, The Fat, The Great Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: L Hobbits About this entry: Updated 26 May 2023 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2016, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is the complete personality profile package, with modules for job matching, relationships, teams and more.

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ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE

SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates III 2883 - III 3002 (1283 - 1402 by the Shire-reckoning, lived [119 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2883&startage=3&endyear=3002&endage=3&c=The Lifetime of Lalia Clayhanger)); head of the Took family after the death of her husband Fortinbras II in III 2980 (S.R. 1380, Lalia headed the family for [22 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2980&startage=3&endyear=3002&endage=3&c=The Headship of Lalia Clayhanger)) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Born a Clayhanger; married into the Took family Settlements Dwelt after her marriage at Great Smials Meaning Uncertain1 Titles The Fat, The Great Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: L Hobbits About this entry: Updated 26 May 2023 Updates planned: 1 The long-lived matriarch of the Took clan

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

Fortinbras Took II

Ferumbras Took III The wife of Thain Fortinbras II, who long outlived her husband and ruled the Tooks of Great Smials for twenty-two years. She was famous for her tremendous girth (she was known in less polite circles as Lalia the Fat), which was rumoured to have prevented her attendance of Bilbo's famous Birthday Party. She died the following year in an unfortunate incident involving a tipping wheelchair and a flight of garden steps. Notes 1 The meaning of the name Lalia is uncertain. In its (rare) modern use, it is thought to derive from the Greek for 'speech', implying a person who speaks well (but Lalia Clayhanger's rather fearsome reputation does not seem fit well with this interpretation). Indeed, it is far from clear that Tolkien intended the name to carry any particular meaning at all, though one alternative would be Latin lalia, 'lilies'. This would fit with the Hobbits' fondness for giving flower names to girls (and there was indeed one Hobbit known to have been named after this particular flower, Lily Baggins). As with her given name, the meaning of Lalia's family name of Clayhanger remains uncertain. The -hanger perhaps relates to Anglo-Saxon hangra, a hillside or slope, especially one covered with grass or trees. If so, Clayhanger would mean something like 'clay hillside' (which might in turn imply that the family's Hobbit-hole had originally been made in such a place). See also... Ferumbras Took III, Fortinbras Took II, Pearl Took, The Fat, The Great Indexes: Alphabetical: C Alphabetical: L Hobbits About this entry: Updated 26 May 2023 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2016, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is the complete personality profile package, with modules for job matching, relationships, teams and more.