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meldis

feminine name. ?Beloved Bride

Sindarin name of Zimrahin (WJ/234), perhaps a combination of mel- “love” and [N.] dîs “bride”, so: “✱Beloved Bride”.

Elements

WordGloss
mel-“to love”
dîs“bride”
Sindarin [WJI/Meldis] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mellon

noun. friend

Sindarin [Ety/372, LotR/II:IV, SD/129-31, Letters/424] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mellon

noun. friend

_ n. _friend. Pedo mellon a minno! 'Say friend and enter'. 

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:41] < _melnā_ < MEL love. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

mellon

noun. friend

Cognates

  • Q. meldo “friend, lover” ✧ WJ/412

Derivations

  • MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)” ✧ SA/mel

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
mel- > mellon[meldondo] > [melðondo] > [melðond] > [mellond] > [mellonn] > [mellon]✧ SA/mel

Variations

  • Mellon ✧ LotR/0308; LotRI/Mellon
Sindarin [AotM/062; Let/424; LotR/0305; LotR/0308; LotRI/Mellon; PE17/041; PE17/097; SA/mel; SD/129; VT44/26; WJ/412] Group: Eldamo. Published by

meldis

friend

(i veldis), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldis), coll. pl. meldissath.

mellon

friend

1) (masc.) mellon (i vellon) (lover), pl. mellyn (i mellyn), coll. pl. mellonnath. Also meldir (i veldir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldir). Also seron (i heron, o seron), pl. seryn (i seryn), coll. pl. seronnath. 2) (fem.) meldis (i veldis), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldis), coll. pl. meldissath.

mellon

friend

(i vellon) (lover), pl. mellyn (i mellyn), coll. pl. mellonnath. Also meldir (i veldir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldir). Also seron (i heron, o seron), pl. seryn (i seryn), coll. pl. seronnath.