metta

end

metta noun "end"; Ambar-metta "world-end, the end of the world" (EO); mettarë *"end-day" = New Years' Eve in the Númenórean calendar and the Steward's Reckoning, not belonging to any month (Appendix D). The word Mettanyë, heading the final part of the poem The Trees of Kortirion, would seem to be related (LT1:43)

métima

last

métima adj. "last" (Markirya), in Markirya also twice métim', since the following words (auressë, andúnë) begin in an a.

tyel

end

tyel (1) noun "end", stem tyeld- as in the pl. form tyeldi (FS, KYEL; the pl. form tyeldi_ was misread as "tyelde" in the Etymologies as printed in LR; cf. VT45:25 for this correction)_. Cf. tyelma.

oilima

last

oilima adj."last" (MC:213, 214; this is "Qenya"), inflected or lengthened form oilimain "last (pl.)" (MC:221), oilimaisen "(MC:221), oilimaite "last" (MC:214, 221)

telu

adjective. last, last; end (fate), close

An apparently adjectival element in the name Telufinwë meaning “last”.

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. telu was a noun meaning “end, close” (QL/91). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “end (fate)” (PME/91).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use this element only in compounds since it is not clear what its independent singular or plural forms would be (telo, telwi?). For the ordinary adjective, I’d use métima or telda.

Derivations

• √TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”

Element in

• Q. Telufinwë “Last Finwë” ✧ PM/353
• ᴺQ. telustë “extremity”

Variations

• Telu ✧ PM/353 (Telu)

telda

last, final

telda (1) adj. "last, final" (WJ:407)

tyel-

end, cease

tyel- (2) vb. "end, cease" (KYEL)

tel

noun. end

Derivations

• √TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”

meth

adjective. last, last; [N.] end

Cognates

• Q. metta “ending, end”
• Q. mette “*end”

Derivations

• √MET “end, finality”

Element in

• S. methed “end”
• S. Methiriad “?End of Two Rivers”
• S. Rochon Methestel “Rider of the Last Hope” ✧ UT/313

Variations

• Meth ✧ UT/313 (Meth)

methed

noun. end

methed

noun. end

This word is attested in later writings as an element in the names Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” and possibly Methedras “Last Peak” (of the Misty Mountains). The latter name first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as N. Methen Amon and Methendol (TI/404), making it likely that methed is a revision from the earlier adjective N. methen (Ety/MET).

This new form likely changed from an adjective to a noun, since -ed/-ad is usually a gerundal suffix in Sindarin (forming nouns from verbs). This word is clearly a noun in the name Methed-en-Glad, and could also be a noun in Methedras (= “Peak of the End?”).

Element in

• S. Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” ✧ UT/153
• S. Methedras “Last Peak”

Elements

Word	Gloss
meth	“last, last; [N.] end”
-ed	“gerund”

Variations

• Methed ✧ UT/153

medui

adjective. end

adj. end, final, last. Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'. m > v after preposition.

medui

adjective. last

meth

end

(noun) 1) meth (i veth), pl. mith (i mith). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”last”. 2) (rear, hindmost part) tele (i dele, o thele), pl. teli (i theli). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was telei (LR:392 s.v. TELES). 3) ( maybe primarily ”last point in line; last of a series of items”) #methed (i vethed), pl. methid (i methid). Isolated from the name Methedras, the last in a line of mountain peaks.

meth

end

(i veth), pl. mith (i mith). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”last”.

meth

last

(lenited veth, pl. mith). Note: the word is also used as a noun ”end”.

methed

end

(i vethed), pl. methid (i methid). Isolated from the name Methedras, the last in a line of mountain peaks.

methen

end

(adj.) methen (lenited vethen; pl. methin) (VT45:34)

methen

end

(lenited vethen; pl. methin) (VT45:34)

medui

last

(adjective) 1) medui (lenited vedui; no distinct pl. form), 2) meth (lenited veth, pl. mith). Note: the word is also used as a noun ”end”.

medui

last

(lenited vedui; no distinct pl. form)

dartha

last

(i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, endure) (VT45:8)

manadh

final end

(i vanadh) (fate, fortune [usually = final bliss]), pl. menaidh (i menaidh).

tele

end

(i dele, o thele), pl. teli (i theli). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was telei (LR:392 s.v. TELES).

brona

last

(verb) 1) brona- (survive) (i vrona, i mronar), 2) dartha- (i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, endure) (VT45:8)

brona

last

(survive) (i vrona, i mronar)

penninor

last day of the year

(i benninor, o phenninor), pl. penninoer (i phenninoer). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” penninar (LR:400 s.v. YEN).

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

lanc

sudden end

(sharp edge, sudden end, brink), pl. lainc, coll. pl. langath.

meth

noun. end

meth

noun. end

Derivations

• ᴹ✶metta “end” ✧ Ety/MET
  • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

• N. methen “end, final” ✧ Ety/MET

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶metta > meth	[metta] > [mettʰa] > [meθθa] > [meθθ] > [meθ]	✧ Ety/MET

methen

adjective. end, final

tele

noun. end, rear, hindmost part

brona-

verb. to last, to survive