A Noldorin name for the Silmarils appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/MIR, ÑGOLOD; EtyAC/ÑGOL), a combination of mîr “jewel”, the plural form in of i “the” and the plural of Golodh “Gnome”.
Noldorin
mîr
noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure
mîr
noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure
mîr na nauglin
proper name. mîr na Nauglin
mîr in geleidh
proper name. *Jewel of the Gnomes
The proper Noldorin name for the Ilk. Nauglamír (Ety/NAUK) along with variant mîr i-nuig (EtyAC/NAUK), a combination of mîr “jewel”, na “of” and (?archaic plural) Nauglin “Dwarves”.