The Encyclopedia of Arda - Scary (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 Founded no earlier than III 1601 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning): survived into the Fourth Age Location In the Eastfarthing of the Shire Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Meaning Perhaps derived from 'scar', a rocky cliff1 Indexes: Alphabetical: S Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 3 December 2016 This entry is complete A village in the uplands of the Shire Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A small settlement that lay in the hilly region that formed the northern parts of the Eastfarthing, which also gave its name to the surrounding stony hills. Tolkien associates the name with the English word 'scar', meaning 'rocky cliff', and from among the rocky lands around Scary much of the Shire's stone was quarried. During the War of the Ring, the Scary quarries were used by Sharkey's Men to store their loot, and after Sharkey was defeated, much of this was recovered by the Shire-hobbits. Notes 1 Tolkien suggests a connection with 'scar' due to Scary's location in a rocky part of the Shire, and the fact that it lay near a quarry. He also points out that the name would have been meaningless in the Shire itself (presumably because it comes from a dialectical English word and so, like many of the Shire's place-names, represents a translation rather than the original name used by the Shire-hobbits themselves). See also... Brockenbores, Dwaling, Eastfarthing of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: S Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 3 December 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2008, 2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus includes a huge range of team assessment features, including leadership and team roles.

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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 Founded no earlier than III 1601 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning): survived into the Fourth Age Location In the Eastfarthing of the Shire Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Meaning Perhaps derived from 'scar', a rocky cliff1 Indexes: Alphabetical: S Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 3 December 2016 This entry is complete A village in the uplands of the Shire

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

A small settlement that lay in the hilly region that formed the northern parts of the Eastfarthing, which also gave its name to the surrounding stony hills. Tolkien associates the name with the English word 'scar', meaning 'rocky cliff', and from among the rocky lands around Scary much of the Shire's stone was quarried. During the War of the Ring, the Scary quarries were used by Sharkey's Men to store their loot, and after Sharkey was defeated, much of this was recovered by the Shire-hobbits. Notes 1 Tolkien suggests a connection with 'scar' due to Scary's location in a rocky part of the Shire, and the fact that it lay near a quarry. He also points out that the name would have been meaningless in the Shire itself (presumably because it comes from a dialectical English word and so, like many of the Shire's place-names, represents a translation rather than the original name used by the Shire-hobbits themselves). See also... Brockenbores, Dwaling, Eastfarthing of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: S Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 3 December 2016 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2008, 2016. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus includes a huge range of team assessment features, including leadership and team roles.