Sindarin 

brethil

noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch

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

brethil

place name. Brethil

Forest where the Men of the House of Haleth dwelled in Beleriand, often called the Forest of Brethil (S/147). It is simply brethil “silver-birch” used as a name (Ety/NEL).

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/115 note #11, LR/261). N. Brethil appeared in The Etymologies, along with a variant N. Brethorn “Forest of Brethil” (Ety/NEL, EtyAC/NEL).

Elements

WordGloss
brethil“silver birch, silver-birch; [N.] beech”
Sindarin [LT2I/Brethil; MRI/Brethil; SI/Brethil; UTI/Brethil; WJI/Brethil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brethil

noun. silver birch

_n. Bot. _silver birch, an emblem of Elbereth. Because of its association with Elbereth, Elves associated this tree with stars, and the word was often interpreted as 'daughter of the Queen', 'princess'. >> fimbrethil, nimbrethil

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:19:23:82] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

brethil

noun. silver birch, silver-birch; [N.] beech

Derivations

  • BARATH “height combined with strength/size/majesty” ✧ PE17/022
    • BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
BARATH > brethil[barátʰil] > [bratʰil] > [braθil] > [breθil]✧ PE17/022

Variations

  • brethil ✧ PE17/019; PE17/023; PE17/082; SA/brethil
Sindarin [PE17/019; PE17/023; PE17/082; SA/brethil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brethil

daughter of the Queen

_ n. _daughter of the Queen, princess.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:19:82] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

brethil

noun. princess, (lit.) queen-daughter

Element in

  • S. Fimbrethil “Wandlimb, (lit.) Slender-beech” ✧ PE17/023; PE17/082
  • S. Nimbrethil “Silver-birches” ✧ PE17/019; PE17/023

Elements

WordGloss
bereth“queen, spouse; supreme, sublime”
-il“feminine suffix”

Variations

  • brethil ✧ PE17/019; PE17/023; PE17/082
Sindarin [PE17/019; PE17/023; PE17/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

neldor

noun. beech

Element in

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

brethil

birch tree

1) brethil (i vrethil), pl. same as sg. except with article (i mrethil), coll. pl. ?brethiliath.

riel

princess

#riel (garlanded maiden), pl. ?rîl (idh rîl), coll. pl. riellath. Isolated from the name Galadriel.

fêr

beech

fêr (stem feren-, pl. ferin) (mast);