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Similarly smial (or smile) ‘burrow’ is a likely form for a descendant of smygel, and represents wen the relationship of Hobbit tran to R. trahan.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Most notable were the names of days, months, and seasons; several other words of the same sort (such as mathom and smial) were also still in common use, while more were preserved in the place-names of Bree and the Shire.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
vanishedone commented on the word smial
In Tolkien, a Hobbit-hole. Tucknorough.net: 'The word smial is derived from the Old English smygel meaning "retreat, burrow." The actual Hobbit word was trân.'
November 2, 2008