brithon (lenited vrithon, pl. brithoen). Archaic *brithaun.
Sindarin
brithon
place name. Pebbly
Element in
- S. Brithombar “*Brithon Home” ✧ SA/brith; UT/054
Elements
Word Gloss brithon “pebbly”
Brithon
pebbly
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.
Element in
- S. Brithon “Pebbly”
Elements
Word Gloss brith “gravel”
brithon
pebbly
(lenited vrithon, pl. brithoen). Archaic ✱brithaun.
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.