Carrock was a stony eyot in the upper reaches of the River Anduin, to the north of the Old Ford a few miles west of Beorn's farmstead.
History[]
The stairs had been built by Beorn who sometimes would be seen climbing to the top in the form of a bear to look at the Moon or the Misty Mountains. During their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin and Company were housed there overnight by the Eagles before they went to see Beorn.[1]
Gandalf states that the steps from the base of the rock to the flat top were made by Beorn and that "Carrock" is Beorn's name for it.[2]
Etymology[]
The word Carrock is somewhat of a linguistical joke on Tolkien's part; in Anglo-Saxon carr means "rock" and in Welsh, carreg also means "rock, stone".[citation needed]
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Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name | |
Amharic | ጫርሮችክ | |
Arabic | كارروك | |
Armenian | Ծառոծկ | |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Карроцк | |
Bengali | চার্রচ্ক | |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Царроцк | |
Czech | Skalbal | |
Danish | Kullen (Carrock) | |
Estonian | Karurahn | |
Georgian | ქარაფი | |
Greek | Καρροκκ | |
Gujarati | ચર્રોચ્ક | |
Hebrew | קירצוק | |
Hindi | चर्रोच्क | |
Italian | Carroccia | |
Kannada | ಕರಾಕ್ | |
Kazakh | Каррок (Cyrillic) Karrock (Latin) | |
Korean | 케럭 | |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Карроцк | |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Карроцк | |
Marathi | चर्रोच्क | |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Карроцк | |
Norwegian | Karokken Vardnuten Drangsnyken | |
Nepalese | चर्रोच्क | |
Pashto | چاړوچک | |
Persian | چارروچک | |
Punjabi | ਕਾਰਟਰੌਕ | |
Portuguese | Carrocha (The Hobbit translation) Carrock (posthumous works translations) (Brazil) |
Carrock (Portugal) |
Russian | Каррок | |
Sanskrit | चर्रोच्क् | |
Serbian | Карок (Cyrillic) Karok (Latin) | |
Sinhalese | චර්රොච්ක් | |
Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Carroca | |
Swedish | Karok | |
Tajik Cyrillic | Каррочк | |
Tamil | சறொச்க் | |
Telugu | చర్రొచ్క | |
Turkish | Vagonkaya | |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Царроцк | |
Urdu | چاڑوچک | |
Uzbek | Чаррочк (Cyrillic) Charrochk (Latin) |
References[]
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter VI: "Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter VII: "Queer Lodgings"