tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post1412271446140913414..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: Beware the NeekerbreekersJason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-66677042307356331092012-02-06T11:56:22.758-06:002012-02-06T11:56:22.758-06:00So an "eachy," a tiny little water-sprit...So an "eachy," a tiny little water-sprite? <br /><br />The ME "eker" or "iker" seems very close: a "near Bree eker" certainly ought to be neeker-breeker!<br /><br />Was wondering if you have something about "hobbit" in your 228 Tolkien posts! Shippey mentions "rabbit," but to me "habit" seems far more appropriate (despite rabbits in burrows.) And then there are ME words like "habbit." And hobbits are so fond of their "habitacioun."Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-12956027421486660322011-12-06T09:37:10.214-06:002011-12-06T09:37:10.214-06:00That's njuggling at my mind too....That's njuggling at my mind too....Sarannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987575298069180826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-57856544789524549952011-11-18T14:29:42.050-06:002011-11-18T14:29:42.050-06:00What I want to know is, what do they live on when ...What I want to know is, what <i>do</i> they live on when they can't get hobbit?David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-73687461776968368292011-11-17T07:30:30.471-06:002011-11-17T07:30:30.471-06:00What a fun post! I'm staying away from any pla...What a fun post! I'm staying away from any place that's full of neekerbreekers and midges.<br /><br />I've always wondered why they didn't bother Aragorn... :)The Cat Bastethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766507614966971022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-17519620349310697282011-11-16T15:30:05.712-06:002011-11-16T15:30:05.712-06:00Thanks for reminding us! Since you did, I’ll note ...Thanks for reminding us! Since you did, I’ll note that it’s also in Joseph Wright’s <i>English Dialect Dictionary</i>, a work that Tolkien definitely knew. See Volume IV (London: Henry Frowde, 1903), p. 264. He defines it as a water-kelpie, but also a gnome or mine-fairy!<br /><br />Wright also gives a northern variant, <i>neugle</i>, <i>niogle</i>, <i>njuggle</i>, found in the Orkney and Shetland Islands (see p. 255). This form obviously derives from the Old Norse <i>nykr</i> (cp. Icelandic <i>nykur</i>, Swedish <i>näck</i>, Norwegian <i>nøkk</i>, Danish <i>nøkke</i>).Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-19758964684797755632011-11-16T14:06:31.680-06:002011-11-16T14:06:31.680-06:00I find interesting that nikers, nickies and nixies...I find interesting that nikers, nickies and nixies appear in the Denham tracts close to hobbits (cf. The History of the Hobbit, p. 844)Drusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025651013611832465noreply@blogger.com