Location

Running northward through Harrowdale in the White Mountains, and then eastward across the plains of Rohan

Race

Division

Culture

Settlements

Dunharrow, Edoras, Underharrow, Upbourn

Source

Beneath the Starkhorn in the White Mountains near Dunharrow

Tributaries

None

Outflow

Into the river Entwash

Important peaks

Rose beneath the Starkhorn

Pronunciation

'snow'born'

Meaning

'Snow stream'¹

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River Snowbourn

The river that flowed out of Harrowdale

Map of the Snowbourn

A river of Rohan; it rose beneath the Starkhorn in the northern White Mountains, and flowed past the courts of Edoras as it continued eastward to meet the River Entwash among the grassy plains of Rohan.

Notes

1

The name of this river is said to derive from Anglo-Saxon snáw-burna, which represents the actual name used by the Rohirrim, and is formed from a compound of the words for 'snow' and 'stream'. In the earliest drafts relating to this river, its name is spelt 'Snowborn' (implying an additional layer of meaning, since it rose among the snows of the White Mountains), though Tolkien amended this to the published spelling Snowbourn.

The '-bourn' element for 'stream' also appears in the name 'Shirebourn' for a river that ran through the Shire, reflecting the close linguistic origins of the ancestral Hobbits with the people of Rohan.

See also...

East-mark, Eastfold, Firienfeld, Harrowdale, Írensaga, Lord of Harrowdale, Meduseld, Mouths of Onodló, River Onodló, The Courts, The Starkhorn, Underharrow, Upbourn, West-mark, White Mountains

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River Snowbourn

The river that flowed out of Harrowdale

Location

Running northward through Harrowdale in the White Mountains, and then eastward across the plains of Rohan

Race

Division

Culture

Settlements

Dunharrow, Edoras, Underharrow, Upbourn

Source

Beneath the Starkhorn in the White Mountains near Dunharrow

Tributaries

None

Outflow

Into the river Entwash

Important peaks

Rose beneath the Starkhorn

Pronunciation

'snow'born'

Meaning

'Snow stream'¹

Indexes:

About this entry:

Updated 30 March 2017
Updates planned: 1

River Snowbourn

The river that flowed out of Harrowdale

Map of the Snowbourn

A river of Rohan; it rose beneath the Starkhorn in the northern White Mountains, and flowed past the courts of Edoras as it continued eastward to meet the River Entwash among the grassy plains of Rohan.

Notes

1

The name of this river is said to derive from Anglo-Saxon snáw-burna, which represents the actual name used by the Rohirrim, and is formed from a compound of the words for 'snow' and 'stream'. In the earliest drafts relating to this river, its name is spelt 'Snowborn' (implying an additional layer of meaning, since it rose among the snows of the White Mountains), though Tolkien amended this to the published spelling Snowbourn.

The '-bourn' element for 'stream' also appears in the name 'Shirebourn' for a river that ran through the Shire, reflecting the close linguistic origins of the ancestral Hobbits with the people of Rohan.

See also...

East-mark, Eastfold, Firienfeld, Harrowdale, Írensaga, Lord of Harrowdale, Meduseld, Mouths of Onodló, River Onodló, The Courts, The Starkhorn, Underharrow, Upbourn, West-mark, White Mountains

Indexes:

About this entry:

Updated 30 March 2017
Updates planned: 1

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008, 2017. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.

Our online Knowledge Base is full of information about Discus and the DISC personality system it uses.