brithon

place name. Pebbly

A river in western Beleriand (S/196), it is simply the adjective brithon “pebbly” used as a name (Ety/BIRÍT).

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in early Silmarillion maps from the 1930s (SM/227). In The Etymologies, the name Brithon was designated Ilkorin with the translation “pebbly” (Ety/BIRÍT), which is the source of the derivation given above.

brithombar

place name. *Brithon Home

A haven at the mouth of the river Brithon in Beleriand (S/120), a combination of the river name with bâr “home” (SA/brith, bar), hence “✱Brithon Home”.

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/227, LR/180). In The Etymologies, the name Ilk. Brithombar was designated Ilkorin (Ety/BIRÍT), with a derivation probably similar to the above. In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 it was named Brithonbar with an n (WJ/380), but this may simply have been a slip.

brithon Speculative

adjective. pebbly

Used as the name of the river S. Brithon. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, this word was Ilkorin and translated Ilk. brithon “pebbly” (Ety/BIRÍT). This word likely became Sindarin after Tolkien abandoned the Ilkorin language, perhaps with the same meaning.

Brithon

pebbly

brithon (lenited vrithon, pl. brithoen). Archaic *brithaun.

brithon

pebbly

(lenited vrithon, pl. brithoen). Archaic ✱brithaun.