Quenya 

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)

tyel-

end, cease

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

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.

tel

noun. end

Derivations

  • TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”
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Sindarin 

Methedras

noun. last peak

methed (“last”) + ras (“horn, mountain peak”) The original form of ras is probably rass with the final s dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].

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methedras

place name. Last Peak

Last peak of the Mist Mountains (LotR/429), explictly translated “Last Peak” in Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings (RC/366). This name is a combination of methed “end” and rass “horn”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Methen Amon (TI/391), later revised to N. Methendol and finally N. Methedras (TI/404). These earlier forms clearly included the Noldorin adjective N. methen “end, final” (Ety/MET). It is possible that this is true of the initial appearance of N. Methedras as well (as suggested by Roman Rausch, EE/2.63), since phonetically the combination [[n|[nr] became [ðr]]], and Tolkien often represented [ð] as “d” in the Lord of the Rings drafts. For example, N. Caradras >> S. Caradhras underwent the same development.

Unlike Caradhras, however, Tolkien never revised this form to ✱✱Methedhras. This could have been an oversight, or Tolkien could have reconceived of the initial element as the noun methed “end” seen in Methed-en-Glad, as suggested above (and by David Salo, GS/384).

Elements

WordGloss
methed“end”
rass“horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]”
Sindarin [LotR/0429; LotRI/Last Mountain; LotRI/Methedras; RC/366; SA/ras; TII/Methedras; WRI/Methedras] Group: Eldamo. Published by

methed

noun. end

Sindarin [UT/452] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

Elements

WordGloss
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.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:16] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

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)

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”.

tele

end

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

nass

sharp end

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

manadh

final end

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

lanc

sudden end

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

Noldorin 

methedras

place name. Last Peak

Elements

WordGloss
methen“end, final”
rhas“horn [of both animals and mountains]”

methen

adjective. end, final

Noldorin [Ety/373, VT/45:34] Group: SINDICT. Published by

meth

noun. end

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

meth

noun. end

Derivations

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

Element in

  • N. methen “end, final” ✧ Ety/MET

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶metta > meth[metta] > [mettʰa] > [meθθa] > [meθθ] > [meθ]✧ Ety/MET

tele

noun. end, rear, hindmost part

Noldorin [Ety/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Westron

neg

noun. end

Changes

  • necneg ✧ PM/083

Element in

Variations

  • nec ✧ PM/048; PM/083 (nec)
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Qenya 

tyel

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KYEL “come to an end, cease, run out” ✧ Ety/KYEL
    • ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ Ety/KEL; PE22/114

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KYEL > tyel[kjelde] > [kjeld] > [tjeld] > [tjel]✧ Ety/KYEL

Variations

  • tyelde ✧ EtyAC/KYEL
Qenya [Ety/KYEL; EtyAC/KYEL; LR/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

metta

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. metta “ending”
  • N. meth “end” ✧ Ety/MET
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

met

root. end

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶metta “end” ✧ Ety/MET
    • ᴹQ. metta “ending”
    • N. meth “end” ✧ Ety/MET
  • ᴹQ. mente “point, end, point, end; [ᴱQ.] peak, tip” ✧ Ety/MET
  • ᴹQ. metya- “to put an end to” ✧ Ety/MET
  • N. ment “point” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Metelaire “August, *(lit.) End-summer”
  • ᴹQ. Meterríve “January, *(lit.) End-winter”
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MET] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

telu

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEL+U “to finish, close, end, complete” ✧ GL/70; LT1A/Teleri

Element in

  • G. telfod “final end, the very last” ✧ GL/70
Gnomish [GL/70; LT1A/Teleri] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

talma

noun. end

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TALA “support”

Variations

  • talma ✧ PE16/144
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