Meriadoc Brandybuck to be an actual phonetic transcription of the name in Tolkien's invented language of Westron, which Tolkien said he transliterated to English as follows: The nickname "Merry" represents his actual nickname "Kali" which meant "handsome, happy", and "Meriadoc" serves as a plausible name from which a nickname meaning "happy" could be derived. Alternately, "The Middle-Earth Encyclopedia" writes that Meriadoc means "joyful" or "cheerful," while Merry means "having high spirits." Théoden called Merry "Holdwine", and the Hobbit was thus known as such in the records of Rohan. It most probably derives from the Old English words "hold" and "wine", respectively meaning
Peregrin Saxon people of their province, and he is now revered by all members of the order. Peregrin Saxon Peregrin Saxon (/Перегрин Саксонац; died on 28 January 1356), also called Peregrin of Saxony, was the first vicar of Bosnia, later becoming Archbishop-elect of Split and Bishop of Bosnia. Peregrin was a Franciscan friar who became a friend of Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, giving much influence to the order in the country otherwise notorious for its autonomous (and deemed heretical) Bosnian Church. The vicariate was established by Gerard Odonis with Stephen's approval in 1340, and although Peregrin is first mentioned as vicar