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by pcrh 264 days ago
Myggedalen looks like "midge dale".
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> "I am being eaten alive!" cried Pippin. "Midgewater! There are more midges than water!"

> "What do they live on when they can't get hobbit?" asked Sam, scratching his neck.

Etymologically I'm pretty sure it is.
I'm a native English speaker and I feel like dale and valley are two different words for the same thing.