The Encyclopedia of Arda - Bracegirdle Family (original) (raw)

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Dates Dated back to at least the middle of the [twenty-ninth century](../chronicle.html?startyear=2801&startage=3&endyear=2900&endage=3&c=The Twenty-ninth Century of the Third Age) of the Third Age1 Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Settlements Particularly associated with Hardbottle in the Shire's Northfarthing Meaning The original meaning was 'trouser-belt'2 Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hobbits About this entry: Updated 8 July 2017 Updates planned: 1 An important Hobbit-family of the Shire Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Blanco Bracegirdle Primrose Boffin Bruno Bracegirdle Lobelia Bracegirdle Otho Sackville-Baggins Hugo Bracegirdle Hilda Bracegirdle Seredic Brandybuck An important and populous family of the Shire-hobbits, associated with the town or village of Hardbottle. The most famous of them was Lobelia Bracegirdle, who married Otho Sackville-Baggins. Notes 1 The earliest recorded member of the Bracegirdle family was Blanco Bracegirdle. His date of birth is not known, but his wife Primrose Boffin was born in III 2865 (or 1265 by the Shire-reckoning), so we can safely assume that the Bracegirdles dated back at least a century and a half before the War of the Ring. 2 'Bracegirdle' is a real English surname, meaning 'trouser-belt'. The first element has several potential sources, but as a Hobbit-name would come from Old English brec 'breech, trouser', with 'girdle' being 'belt'. The punning implication, that members of the family were so rotund as to literally brace their girdles - in the sense that their belts were tightly fastened - is not part of the formal etymology of the name, but would surely not have been lost on the Hobbits, who delighted in jokes like this. It should be mentioned that some sources suggest an alternative origin via Old French, where the 'brace' element comes from bras, 'arm', and so a 'bracegirdle' would be an archer's leather arm-guard. This Old French etymology is dubious even for the real English surname, and so it can surely be discounted entirely as the source of a Hobbit family name. See also... Blanco Bracegirdle, Bruno Bracegirdle, Folklands, Four Farthings, Hardbottle, Hilda Bracegirdle, Ilberic Brandybuck, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (née Bracegirdle), The Fat Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hobbits About this entry: Updated 8 July 2017 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2016-2017. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Explore the benefits of using a personality profile to discover yourself and make the most of your career.

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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 Dated back to at least the middle of the [twenty-ninth century](../chronicle.html?startyear=2801&startage=3&endyear=2900&endage=3&c=The Twenty-ninth Century of the Third Age) of the Third Age1 Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Settlements Particularly associated with Hardbottle in the Shire's Northfarthing Meaning The original meaning was 'trouser-belt'2 Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hobbits About this entry: Updated 8 July 2017 Updates planned: 1 An important Hobbit-family of the Shire

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

Primrose Boffin

Bruno Bracegirdle Lobelia Bracegirdle

Otho Sackville-Baggins

Hugo Bracegirdle Hilda Bracegirdle

Seredic Brandybuck An important and populous family of the Shire-hobbits, associated with the town or village of Hardbottle. The most famous of them was Lobelia Bracegirdle, who married Otho Sackville-Baggins. Notes 1 The earliest recorded member of the Bracegirdle family was Blanco Bracegirdle. His date of birth is not known, but his wife Primrose Boffin was born in III 2865 (or 1265 by the Shire-reckoning), so we can safely assume that the Bracegirdles dated back at least a century and a half before the War of the Ring. 2 'Bracegirdle' is a real English surname, meaning 'trouser-belt'. The first element has several potential sources, but as a Hobbit-name would come from Old English brec 'breech, trouser', with 'girdle' being 'belt'. The punning implication, that members of the family were so rotund as to literally brace their girdles - in the sense that their belts were tightly fastened - is not part of the formal etymology of the name, but would surely not have been lost on the Hobbits, who delighted in jokes like this. It should be mentioned that some sources suggest an alternative origin via Old French, where the 'brace' element comes from bras, 'arm', and so a 'bracegirdle' would be an archer's leather arm-guard. This Old French etymology is dubious even for the real English surname, and so it can surely be discounted entirely as the source of a Hobbit family name. See also... Blanco Bracegirdle, Bruno Bracegirdle, Folklands, Four Farthings, Hardbottle, Hilda Bracegirdle, Ilberic Brandybuck, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (née Bracegirdle), The Fat Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hobbits About this entry: Updated 8 July 2017 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2016-2017. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Explore the benefits of using a personality profile to discover yourself and make the most of your career.