Meren adj. festive, gay, joyous ◇ Ety/372 ◈ The word was changed to beren in the Etymologies, but meren would be restored together with merethmereth n. feast, festival ◇ Ety/372, S/434 ◈ The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond) meril n. rose (flower) ◇ SD/129-31 merilin (N. mњrilind) n. nightingale ◇ Ety/394, X/ND4 ◇ mфr+lind, mesg (N. mesc) adj. wet ◇ Ety/373 meth n. end ◇ Ety/373 methed n. end ◇ UT/452 methen adj. end, final ◇ Ety/373, VT/45:34 ¶ ᵲ miaug n. tomcat ¶ ᵲ miaulin n. queen (cat) ᵲ mib- v. to kiss mоdh n. dew ◇ Ety/373 mоl n. love, affection ◇ Ety/372 milbar n. dear home, place returned to after travelling, place of one's birth (PE/17) ᵲ mill n. oil (Q. millo) milui adj. friendly, loving, kind ◇ Ety/372 ᵲ miluias n.abst.of milui friendliness, kindliness ∗ mimp adj. num. card. eleven ◇ PE/17:95 min prep. in the (referring to a gap, space, barrier or anything intervening between two other things) ← Minhiriath LotR/Map, VT/47:11,14 mоn I pron.poss. 1st pl. our ◇ VT/44:21,22,28 mоn II (N. min) adj. num. card. one (first of a series) ◇ Ety/373, VT/42:24-25, VT/48:6 ᵲ mina prep. into (mi+na) † minai (N. minei) adj. single, distinct, unique ◇ Ety/373, X/EI minas n.abst. 1. tower ○ 2. by ext., fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower ◇ Ety/373, S/434, VT/42:24 mindon n. 1. isolated hill, especially a hill with a watch tower ○ 2. by ext. tower ◇ Ety/373, Ety/395 minib adj. num. card. eleven ◇ VT/48:6-8 miniel n. an Elf, one of the Vanyar ◇ WJ/383 ◇ min+-el "first elf" minlamad n. 'first voiced' or 'first-echoing', alliterative (?) verse mode (minlamad thent/estent) ◇ UT/146, WJ/311, WJ/315 ◈ The word is not translated by Tolkien. For a discussion of its probable meaning, refer to Tolkien's Legendarium p. 121-122 ᵲ minlы n. once (one time) minna- v. to enter minui adj. num. ord. first ◇ VT/42:10, VT/42:25 minuial n. "morrowdim", the time near dawn, when the star fade ◇ LotR/D ◇ min+uial "first twilight" mоr n. jewel, precious thing, treasure ◇ Ety/373, LotR/E, S/434, PM/348, LB/354, RGEO/73◈ mirion N. n. augm.. * mнrdan n. jewel-smith ◇ S/401 ◇ mоr+tвn ᵲ mнrechor n. bracelet (mнr+echor) mнria- v. to sparkle like a jewel (PE/17) mirian n. piece of money, coin used in Gondor mнriel part. sparkling like a jewel ◇ RGEO/64, LotR/II:I Mirion n. augm. of mоr great jewel, Silmaril ◇ Ety/373 see also golovir, silevril miruvor n. 'precious juice', a cordial made by the Elves mist n. error, wandering ◇ Ety/373 * mista- v. to stray ◇ Ety/373 † mistad n. straying, error ◇ Ety/373, X/Z mith I n. white fog, wet mist ◇ Ety/373 mith II adj. (pale) grey ◇ Ety/373, S/434, TC/187 * mithren adj. of grey ◇ UT/436 mithril n. true-silver, a silver-like metal ◇ LotR ◇ mith+rill "grey brilliance" mоw adj. small, tiny, frail ◇ VT/45:35 moe adj. soft ◇ Ety/371 moeas n.abst.of moe, dough ◇ Ety/371 molif n. wrist ◇ VT/47:6 ◇ "hand-link", maw+*lif mфr n. darkness, dark, night ◇ Ety/373, Letters/382 morben n. one of the Avari or Easterlings in Beleriand ◇ WJ/376-377 ◇ morn+pen, altered from OS *moripende * morchant n. shadow (of objects, cast by light), dark shape ◇ S/432, VT/42:9 ◇ morn+cant "dark shape" morgul n. black arts, sorcery, necromancy ◇ Ety/377, S/432, WJ/383, MR/350, RC/482 ◇ morn+gыl "dark magic" morn adj. black, dark ◇ Ety/373, Letters/382, Letters/427, WJ/368, WR/113, UT/65 mornedhel n. Dark-Elf ◇ WJ/377, WJ/380 ◇ morn+edhel * muda- v. to labour, toil ◇ Ety/373 ᵲ muia- v. to whine, complain muil n. drear ← Emyn Muil RC/334 muin adj. dear ◇ Ety/374 muindor n. masc. dear brother ◇ Ety/394 ◇ muin+tфr muinthel n. fem. dear sister ◇ Ety/392 ◇ muin+thкl mыl n. slave, thrall ◇ Ety/373 ᵲ mulf n. fine flour (Q. mulma) ᵲ mыn n. womb (Q. mуna) mund n. bull ◇ Letters/422-423 Mŷl n. gull ◇ WJ/379-380, WJ/418 see also gwael, maew N na prep. 1. with, by (also used as a genitive sign) ○ 2. to, towards, at ◇ Ety/374, LotR/I:XII * na- v. to be ← no aer i eneth lнn VT/44:21,24 nad n. thing ◇ Ety/374 ᵲ nadh n. fetter nadhor n. pasture ◇ Ety/374. nadhras n.abst.of nadhor, pasture ◇ Ety/374 nae interj. alas ◇ Ety/375 naeg n. pain ◇ Ety/375 † naegra- v. to cause pain ◇ Ety/375, X/Z † naer (noer N.) adj. sad, lamentable ◇ Ety/375, X/OE ᵲ naeras n.abst.of naer sadness naergon n. woeful lament ◇ PM/362 naeth n. 1. biting ○ 2. by ext. woe (gets sense of gnashing teeth in grief) ← Elu-naeth WJ/258, Ety/374-375 naew n. jaw ◇ Ety/374 nag- v. to bite ◇ Ety/374 naglath n. coll. of nagol, the teeth ◇ WR/122 * nagol n. tooth ← naglath WR/122 ◈ naglath N. n. coll. nail (N. neil) adj. num. ord. third ◇ VT/42:25 naith pl. natsai n. any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, triangle gore, wedge, narrow promontory ◇ Ety/387, UT/282, RC/307 * nalla- v. to cry ← nallon LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72, Letters/278 nan (N. nand, nann) n. 1. wide grassland, land at foot of hills with many streams ○ 2. by ext., valley ◇ Ety/374, S/435, Letters/308, VT/45:36, X/ND1
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