The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)
Quenya
meren
feast, festival
meren
feast, festival
mereth
noun. feast, feast, [N.] festival
Derivations
- ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive”
Element in
- S. Mereth Aderthad “Feast of Reuniting” ✧ S/113; SA/mereth
- S. Merethrond “Great Hall of Feasts” ✧ SA/mereth
Elements
Word Gloss -th “abstract noun” Variations
- Mereth ✧ S/113
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)
mereth
feast
mereth (i vereth) (festival), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from _ to
mereth
feast
(i vereth) (festival), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from MER to MBER so that mereth became bereth, but names occurring in Tolkien’s narratives (Mereth Aderthad, Merethrond) were not changed, so this revision was never fully implemented.
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)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
dulwen
noun. feast
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “feast” based on a (hypothetical) early root ᴱ√DULU having to do with dining (GL/31).
Elements
Word Gloss DULU “*dinner, dine” -wen “noun suffix”
meren (merend-), merendë noun "feast, festival" (MBER; Tolkien first gave the stem-form of meren as mern- before emending it to merend-, VT45:33-34)