ethir

noun. mouth (of a river), estuary

ethir

noun. spy

ethir

noun. spy

Element in

• S. Amon Ethir “Hill of Spies” ✧ S/217

Elements

Word	Gloss
ed	“out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth”
tir-	“to look (towards), watch (over), guard, to look (towards), watch (over), guard; [G.] to look (out) for, watch for, await, expect”

ethir

noun. mouth of a river, (lit.) outflow

A noun for the mouth of a river or a river delta, glossed “outflow” in the Unfinished Index of The Lord of the Rings (RC/350; Ety/ET). It was a combination of primitive ✶et “out” and S. sîr “river” (SA/sîr; Ety/ET), where ts > th.

Conceptual Development: The word and its derivation first appeared as N. ethir in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET).

Element in

• S. Ethir Anduin “Mouths of Anduin” ✧ RC/350

Elements

Word	Gloss
ed	“out, out of, out, out of, [N.] forth”
sîr	“river, stream”

Variations

• Ethir ✧ LotRI/Anduin; RC/350; SA/sîr

ethir

mouth of a river

ethir (outflow of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy". (noun):

ethir

estuary

ethir (mouth or outflow of a river), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "spy".

ethir

spy

(noun) ethir (no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath). Literally "out-watcher". Note: a homophone means "mouth/outflow of a river, estuary".

ethir

outflow of a river

ethir (mouth of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".

gobem

noun. mouth

Elements

Word	Gloss
go-	“together, co-, com-”
pemp	“lip”