Sindarin
mitheithel
place name. Hoarwell, (lit.) Grey Spring
Elements
Word Gloss mith “grey, light grey, pale grey” eithel “source, spring, well, source, spring, well, [N.] issue of water, fountain” Variations
- Mith-eithel ✧ RC/772
Sindarin name of the river Hoarwell (LotR/200), also translated “Hoary Spring” (RC/15), a combination of mith “grey” and eithel “spring” (RC/772; SA/mith, eithel).
Conceptual Development: This name was already N. Mitheithel when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/14).