n. 'mist thread', wrap. Q. hísilanya.
Sindarin
hithlain
noun. mist-thread (a substance used by the Elves of Lothlórien to make strong ropes)
hithlain
noun. mist-thread
hithlain
'mist thread'
hithlain
noun. mist thread, grey elvish rope
Cognates
- Q. hísilanya “mist thread, grey elvish rope” ✧ PE17/060
Elements
Word Gloss hîth “mist” lain “thread, warp, ‽twine, thread, warp” Variations
- Hithlain ✧ LotRI/Hithlain
hîth
noun. mist, fog
hîth
noun. mist
The Sindarin word for “mist”, an element in many names, derived from the root √KHITH of the same meaning (SA/hîth; PE17/73).
Conceptual Development: N. hîth “mist” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/KHIS), though when Tolkien first defined the word, he first wrote (and then deleted) the gloss “fog” (EtyAC/KHIS). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, Christopher Tolkien wrote hith (LR/364), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne confirmed that the actual form was hîth in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT45/22).
Cognates
Derivations
- √KHITH “mist, mist, [ᴹ√] fog”
Element in
- S. Hithaeglir “Misty Mountains, (lit.) Line of Misty Peaks” ✧ SA/hîth
- S. hithlain “mist thread, grey elvish rope”
- north S. Hithlum “Land of Mist” ✧ SA/hîth
- S. hithren “grey”
- S. hithui “misty”
- S. Nen Hithoel “Mist-cool Water” ✧ RC/328; SA/hîth
Variations
- Hith ✧ RC/328
hithlain
mist-thread
name of a fiber made in Lórien.
hithlain
mist-thread
hithlain, name of a fiber made in Lórien.
hîth
mist
hîth (i chîth) (fog), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth).
hîth
mist
(i chîth) (fog), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth).
mith
wet mist
(i vith) (white fog), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”. ✱
hîth (“mist, fog”) + lain (“thread”)