Re: A History Best Forgotten: Hobbit's Feetmimi_sardiniaFebruary 9 2013, 08:26:07 UTC
On the origin of the name "hobbit", canon already relates it to an old Rohirric word Holbytla, which means "hole-builder". Maybe it's not so much the literal meaning of the word that is "humble" as a stage in their history before they crossed the Misty Mountains where they tried to escape genocide by taking to dwelling in holes dug into hills.
That's not the only old word that remains in Hobbit language, there's also "smial" (hobbit holes), and "mathom". Smial may relate to the idea of trying to escape persecution, but I have this mental image of mathom being even older - a name they used to use for the things they stole.
Of course, as the prompt says, the only ones left who know the old meaning is Bilbo and the Gaffer.
Re: A History Best Forgotten: Hobbit's FeetladyredfeatherFebruary 9 2013, 16:47:37 UTC
:3 thank you for the brief history lesson. That's interesting to know. Seriously I did not know anything about that at all. (except I did know what hobbit truly meant) So they really were trying to escape genocide?
Re: A History Best Forgotten: Hobbit's Feetmimi_sardiniaFebruary 9 2013, 21:58:20 UTC
Well the canon reason for their migration was that they were possibly trying to get far away from Mirkwood after it started turning into Mirkwood. I'm just commenting on the meaning of the word for the sake of anyone who decides to write a fic for this, so they can mesh the canon meaning of "hobbit" with the prompt.
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Seconding. Anyway. I... will bookmark it for when I'm done with other fills though. Just. In. Case.
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That's not the only old word that remains in Hobbit language, there's also "smial" (hobbit holes), and "mathom". Smial may relate to the idea of trying to escape persecution, but I have this mental image of mathom being even older - a name they used to use for the things they stole.
Of course, as the prompt says, the only ones left who know the old meaning is Bilbo and the Gaffer.
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So they really were trying to escape genocide?
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Here is the link for their fill!!!
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