Quenya 

Noldomírë

noldo-jewel

Noldomírë (ñ) lit. noun *"Noldo-jewel", another word for Silmaril (ÑGOLOD).

mírë

jewel

mírë noun "jewel" (MIR, SA:mîr), "a treasure, a precious thing" (PE17:37).Cf. Elemmírë; short form -mir in Tar-Atanamir (SA:mîr); see also Artamir.

Sindarin 

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

Sindarin [Ety/373, LotR/E, S/434, PM/348, LB/354, RGEO/73] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mîr

noun. jewel

_ n. _jewel, precious thing. Q. míre, pl1. míri. >> advir

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:165] < MĬR precious. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

mírdan

noun. jewel-smith

Sindarin [S/401] mîr+tân. Group: SINDICT. Published by

golovir

noldo-jewel

(i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N’golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir). Adj.

golovir

noldo-jewel

(= Silmaril) Golovir (i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N**golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir** = i Ñgolovir). Adj.

golovir

noldo-jewel

(= Silmaril) Golovir (i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N**golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir** = i Ñgolovir)

golovir

glittering white

(= ”Noldo-jewel”) (i Ngolovir =   i Ñolovir, o N’golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir), 3) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mîr

jewel

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath. GREAT JEWEL (Silmaril) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mîr

jewel

(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mirion

great jewel

(i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mírdan

jewel-smith

(i vírdan), pl. mírdain (i mírdain)

míriel

jewel-like

(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)

silevril

silmaril

1) Silevril (i Hilevril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i Silevril), coll. pl. Silevrillath. See also SILIMA; GLITTERING WHITE. 2) Golovir (= ”Noldo-jewel”) (i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N**golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir), 3) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin**.)

silevril

silmaril

(i Hilevril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i Silevril), coll. pl. Silevrillath. See also

Adûnaic

zimra Reconstructed

noun. jewel

An element appearing in the names Zimraphel (UT/224) and Zimrathôn (UT/222) and also the Hadorian name Zimrahin (WJ/234). The corresponding Quenya names Q. Míriel and Q. Hostamir both seem to contain mírë “jewel”, so this is the likely meaning of the Adûnaic word as well, as suggested by most authors (AAD/25, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/ZIM’R).

Element in

Noldorin 

golovir

noun. Silmaril

Noldorin [Ety/373] golodh+mîr "Ñoldo-jewel". Group: SINDICT. Published by

golovir

proper name. Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel

A Noldorin name for a ᴹQ. Silmaril appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/ÑGOLOD, MIR), a combination of Golodh “Noldo” and the lenited form of mîr “jewel”, with the dh lost because [[n|[ð] vanished before nasals]] in Noldorin.

Conceptual Development: This form was first written as (rejected) Golavir (EtyAC/MIR).

Changes

  • Golavir → Golovir ✧ EtyAC/MIR

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Noldomír(e) “Silmaril” ✧ Ety/ÑGOLOD
  • Ilk. Goldamir “Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel” ✧ Ety/MIR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIR “*precious” ✧ Ety/ÑGOLOD

Elements

WordGloss
Golodh“one of the wise folk, Gnome”
mîr“jewel, precious thing, treasure”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MIR > Golovir[ŋgolodomire] > [golodomire] > [goloðomire] > [goloðomir] > [goloðmir] > [golomir] > [golovir]✧ Ety/ÑGOLOD

Variations

  • Golo(ð)vir ✧ Ety/MIR
  • Golavir ✧ EtyAC/MIR (Golavir)
Noldorin [Ety/MIR; Ety/ÑGOLOD; EtyAC/MIR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

golodhvir

noun. Silmaril

Noldorin [Ety/373] golodh+mîr "Ñoldo-jewel". Group: SINDICT. Published by

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

Noldorin [Ety/373, LotR/E, S/434, PM/348, LB/354, RGEO/73] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mirion

noun. great jewel, Silmaril

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mirion

proper name. Silmaril

A Noldorin name for the Silmarils appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/MIR), some kind of elaboration on mîr “jewel”.

silevril

noun. Silmaril

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

silevril

proper name. Silmaril

Noldorin term for a Silmaril appearing in Silmarillion drafts and The Etymologies from the 1930s (LR/202; Ety/MIR, RIL, SIL). It is a combination of silef “silver, shining white” and the root ᴹ√RIL “glitter”.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the Gnomish equivalent of Silmaril was Silubrilt (GL/67), a combination of Sil “Moon” and brithla “pearl” (LT1A/Silmarilli).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Silmaril ✧ Ety/MIR; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL; LRI/Silmaril

Derivations

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
silef“silver, shining white”
RIL“glitter”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶silima-rille > Silevril[?]✧ Ety/RIL
Noldorin [Ety/MIR; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL; LR/202; LRI/Silmaril] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

noldomír(e)

proper name. Silmaril

Another name for a Silmaril appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a compound of Noldo and míre “jewel” (Ety/ÑGOLOD).

Cognates

  • N. Golovir “Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel” ✧ Ety/ÑGOLOD
  • Ilk. Goldamir “Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel” ✧ Ety/ÑGOLOD

Elements

WordGloss
Noldo“one of the wise folk, Gnome”
míre“jewel, precious thing, treasure”

Variations

  • Noldomíre ✧ EtyAC/ÑGOL
Qenya [Ety/ÑGOLOD; EtyAC/ÑGOL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilumíre

proper name. Silmaril

Another name for a Silmaril appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/IL), apparently a compound of ilu “world” and míre “jewel”.

Elements

WordGloss
ilu“universe, world”
míre“jewel, precious thing, treasure”

silmaril

proper name. Silmaril

Cognates

  • N. Silevril “Silmaril” ✧ Ety/MIR; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL; LRI/Silmaril

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶silima-rille > Silmarille[silimarille] > [silimarill] > [silmarill] > [silmaril]✧ Ety/RIL

Variations

  • Silmarille ✧ Ety/RIL
Qenya [Ety/MIR; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL; LRI/Silmaril; TII/Silmaril; WRI/Silmaril] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

goldamir

proper name. Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel

A Doriathrin name for the Silmarils, a combination of the genitive form of (n)gold “Noldo” and mîr “jewel” (Ety/MIR, ÑGOLOD), hence: “✱Noldo-jewel”. It also appeared in the variant form Goldomir, which may hint at the primitive form of the genitive.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Noldomír(e) “Silmaril” ✧ Ety/ÑGOLOD
  • N. Golovir “Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel” ✧ Ety/MIR

Elements

WordGloss
(n)gold“one of the wise folk, Gnome”
mîr“jewel”

Variations

  • Goldomir ✧ Ety/MIR (Dor. Goldomir)
Doriathrin [Ety/MIR; Ety/ÑGOLOD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mîr Reconstructed

noun. jewel

A word for “jewel” attested only in compounds, probably of the same derivation and meaning as its Noldorin cognate N. mîr.

Cognates

  • N. mîr “jewel, precious thing, treasure”
  • ᴹQ. míre “jewel, precious thing, treasure”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MIR “*precious”

Element in

Early Noldorin

himp

noun. jewel

Cognates

  • Eq. sinqe “jewel, gem”
Early Noldorin [PE13/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by