methiriad

place name. ?End of Two Rivers

Region between Doriath and the river Narog appearing on revisions to the Silmarillion map from the 1950s-60s, also labeled “Mid-Beleriand” (WJ/184). According to Christopher Tolkien, this name appears nowhere else (WJ/190 note #60). The meaning of this name does not match its gloss. David Salo suggested it might be a combination of meth “end”, the lenited form of sîr “river” with the dual suffix -ad (GS/384).

Elements

Word	Gloss
meth	“last, last; [N.] end”
sîr	“river, stream”
-ad	“dual”