Withywindle

The Withywindle was the lesser tributary of the Brandywine River that flowed through the Barrow-downs and the Old Forest and passed into Buckland on the borders of the Shire. The Dingle, the valley of the Withywindle, was said to be the source of all the strange occurrences in the Old Forest. Tom Bombadil lived here in his house on top of a hill between the Barrow-downs and Old Forest.
== History ==
Long ago in an unknown age, Tom Bombadil met Goldberry, the River-daughter, in a pool down the Withywindle. He later brought her to his home north of the river and every summer would gather water-lilies for her along the river side. He was on his last trip of the year when he met Frodo Baggins and the rest of his company on September 26, 3018.
When Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin were passing through the valley of the Withywindle, they encountered Old Man Willow, an ancient tree who showed bitter hatred to all other living creatures in Middle-earth people and trees alike. The Hobbits were lulled to sleep under his spell all except Frodo and Sam who regained consciousness in time to save Merry and Pippin who had been trapped inside the old willow's trunk. Tom Bombadil happened to be strolling along the river at the time and rescued them all by demanding that he let them go.
== Geography ==
According to The Atlas of Middle-earth, it was about three miles in length and began at a waterfall that probably cut into the cliff at the edge of the Barrow-downs near the house of Tom Bombadil. 
At the mouth of the Withywindle there was a haven in the north bank called Grindwall. The Grindwall was not under the protection of the High Hay therefore it was guarded by a fence that was built extending into the waters shallows. There was a small village called Breredon on the other side of the Grindwall between the Brandywine and the High Hay.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "On the Barrow-downs"
==Etymology==
The word withy means 'willow' (common element in English place-names) and windle meaning spindle or reel and is supposed to be translated from Hobbit-speech.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Albanian 	Gisht i shelgut
Arabic 	الصفصاف المغزل
Armenian 	Ւիտհյւինդլե
Azerbaijani 	Söyüd şpindel
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Уилоу вретено
Cambodian 	ដើមសូលផ្លែរហាត់
Chinese (Hong Kong)	柳蘇河
Croatian 	Vrba vretena
Czech 	Vrba vřeteno
Danish 	Vidjeslyng (flod)
Dutch 	Wilgspil
Esperanto 	Saliko ŝpinilo
Estonian 	Paju spindli
Finnish 	Halavainen
French 	Tournesaules
Georgian 	ტირიფი ლილვი ?
German 	Weidenwinde
Greek 	Ιτέα ατρακτος
Gujarati 	વિલો સ્પિન્ડલ
Hebrew 	וויתיווינדל
Hindi 	विलो स्पिंडल
Hungarian 	Fűztekeres
Irish Gaelic 	fearsaid Saileach
Italian 	Salice mandrino
Japanese 	古森の枝垂川
Kannada 	ವಿಲೋ ಸ್ಪಿಂಡಲ್
Korean 	윌로우 스핀들
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Саясында ийик
Latvian 	Vītols vārpstas
Lithuanian 	Gluosnis velenas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Врба вретено
Maltese 	Żafżafa magħżel
Marathi 	विलो आस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	бургас спиндель
Nepalese 	विलो स्पिन्डल
Norwegian 	Seljespindel
Persian 	بید اسپیندل
Polish 	wrzeciono Wija
Portuguese 	Fuso de salgueiro
Portuguese (Brazil)	Voltavime
Punjabi 	ਵਿਲੋ ਸਪਿੰਡਲ
Romanian 	Salcie axul
Russian 	Ивлинка
Serbian 	Врба вретено (Cyrillic) Vrelno vreteno (Latin)
Sinhalese 	විථ්‍ය්විඳ්ලෙ
Slovak 	Vŕbové vreteno
Slovenian 	Vrba vretena
Spanish 	Tornasauce
Swedish 	Videvindeln
Tamil 	வில்லோ சுழல்
Tatar 	тал орчык
Telugu 	విల్లో కుదురు
Thai 	วิลโลว์แกน
Turkish 	Söğüt mili
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Верболозка
Vietnamese 	Cây liểu trục chính
Welsh 	Helyg gwerthyd
Yiddish 	ווילאָו שפּינדל
== References ==
Category:Rivers
Category:Eriador
de:Weidenwinde
es:Tornasauce
fr:Tournesaules
it:Sinuosalice
nl:Wilgewinde
pl:Wija
ru:Ивлинка
uk:Верболозка