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bereth

noun. queen, spouse

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bereth

noun. spouse

_n. _spouse, used of one who is queen as spouse of a king. Tolkien notes the parallel with the word queen "being in origin only an ancient word for wife or woman already in Old English reserved for the King's wife".

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:23] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

bereth

noun. feminine personalized form

_n. _feminine personalized form, probably = 'supreme, sublime, queen'. Q. *Varsi.

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bereth

theology. a form of Elbereth seldom used

_theon._a form of _Elbereth _seldom used.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:22] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

bereth

noun/adjective. queen, spouse; supreme, sublime

@@@ unclear why it was not beraith since it was derived from barathī; however Elaran deduced that Tolkien may have re-etymologized this word as a derivative of √BER “marry”, given its later gloss “spouse” in addition to “queen” (PE17/23; RGEO/66); in its original derivation it was probably because [[n|[ei] sometimes became [e] in unstressed final syllables]] in Noldorin

Derivations

  • BER “to mate, be mated, joined in marriage”
  • barathī “queen” ✧ PE17/023
    • BARATH “height combined with strength/size/majesty” ✧ PE17/022
    • BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Element in

  • S. Berúthiel “?Angry-queen”
  • S. brethil “princess, (lit.) queen-daughter” ✧ PE17/023
  • S. Elbereth “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star-queen” ✧ PE17/023; RGEO/66

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
barathī(e) > bereth[baratʰī] > [baratʰi] > [baraθi] > [bereθi] > [bereθ]✧ PE17/023
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mereth

noun. feast, festival

The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)

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mereth

noun. feast, feast, [N.] festival

Derivations

  • ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
-th“abstract noun”

Variations

  • Mereth ✧ S/113
Sindarin [S/113; SA/mereth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brethil

noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch

Sindarin [Ety/352, Ety/376, S/429] Group: SINDICT. Published by

neldor

noun. beech

Element in

Sindarin [LotR/0469; SA/neldor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rían

noun. queen, queen, *(lit.) crowned-lady

Element in

rîs

noun. queen

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bereth

spouse

(fem.) bereth (i vereth) (queen), pl. berith (i mberith)

mereth

feast

mereth (i vereth) (festival), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from _ to

fêr

beech

fêr (stem feren-, pl. ferin) (mast);

rîs

queen

1) rîs, no distinct pl. except with article preceding (idh rîs); coll. pl. ?rissath; 2) rían (”crown-gift”), pl. ríain (idh ríain); 3) bereth (i vereth) (spouse), pl. berith (i mberith), 4) ríen (crowned lady), pl. ?rîn (idh rîn). The adjective rîn ”crowned” may also be used as a noun ”crowned woman” = ”queen”, but with no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (idh rîn again); coll. pl. ríniath. Note: a homophone means ”remembrance”.

rîs

noun. queen

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