mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

The noun N. mîr “jewel, precious thing, treasure” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√MIR (Ety/MIR), and continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings with similar derivations and glosses (LotR/1115; PE17/37, 165; PM/348; RGEO/65). It is a frequent element in names.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s instead had G. idri “a treasure, a thing of great worth, a jewel” below a more archaic form of the same word G. †îd, both related to the name Idril (GL/50). Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. himp “jewel” (PE13/147), probably related to ᴱQ. sinqe “jewel” from this same period (PE14/42, 71), where initial *s* usually became *h* in Noldorin of the 1920s and labialized velars became labials (nq > mp).

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mîr

a treasure

_ n. _a treasure, a jewel. Q. mire a treasure, a precious thing. F >> míria-, míriel, miruvor

mîr

noun. jewel

_ n. _jewel, precious thing. Q. míre, pl1. míri. >> advir

mîr

jewel

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath. GREAT JEWEL (Silmaril) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mîr

precious thing

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (treasure, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

precious thing

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (treasure, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

treasure

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

jewel

(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

precious thing

(i vîr, construct mir) (treasure, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

treasure

(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

Mîr in Geleidh

noun. Mîr in Geleidh

jewel of [the] Noldor; mîr (“jewel, precious thing”) + in (pl. genitive article) + Geleidh (pl. of (n-)Golodh “Noldor”) #In TA S would probably be Mîr in Gelydh.

míria-

verb. to shine like a mîr or jewel

_v. _to shine like a mîr or jewel, to sparkle like jewels. Fmîr, míriel

mîr n’ardhon

Jewel of the World

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mîr in geleidh

proper name. *Jewel of the Gnomes

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”.

mîr na nauglin

proper name. mîr na Nauglin

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”.