In the novels it is always represented by Anglo-Saxon, and only one actual Rohirric word was given by Tolkien: kūd-dūkan, an old word meaning 'hole-dweller' which led to kuduk, the name the Hobbits had for themselves. Even these terms were translated in the book: 'hobbit' is said to derive from the Anglo-Saxon word Holbytla, or hole-builder.