- Farthings
- / FarthingThe four divisions of the Shire, north, south, east and west. The term comes from an Old English word meaning 'quarter' or 'fourth part'.
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary. MueRTe. 2003.
Farthings
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