A word for “jewel smith” appearing only in its plural form mirdain in the name Gwaith-i-Mírdain “People of the Jewel Smiths” (S/286). It is a combination of mîr “jewel” and the suffixal form -dan of tân “smith, wright”.
Quenya
mírë
jewel
Sindarin
mírdan
noun. jewel smith
Element in
- S. Gwaith-i-Mírdain “People of the Jewel Smiths” ✧ UTI/Gwaith-i-Mírdain
Elements
Word Gloss mîr “jewel, precious thing, treasure” tân “builder, smith, wright, artificer”
mírdan
noun. jewel-smith
mírdan
jewel-smith
(i vírdan), pl. mírdain (i mírdain)
mirion
great jewel
(i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)
mîr
noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure
mîr
noun. jewel
_ n. _jewel, precious thing. Q. míre, pl1. míri. >> advir
golovir
noldo-jewel
(i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N’golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir). Adj.
míriel
jewel-like
(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)
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
jewel
(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.
Adûnaic
zimra Reconstructed
noun. jewel
An element appearing in the names Zimraphel (UT/224) and Zimrathôn (UT/222) and also the Hadorian name Zimrahin (WJ/234). The corresponding Quenya names Q. Míriel and Q. Hostamir both seem to contain mírë “jewel”, so this is the likely meaning of the Adûnaic word as well, as suggested by most authors (AAD/25, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/ZIM’R).
Element in
Noldorin
mirion
noun. great jewel, Silmaril
mîr
noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure
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Doriathrin
mîr Reconstructed
noun. jewel
A word for “jewel” attested only in compounds, probably of the same derivation and meaning as its Noldorin cognate N. mîr.
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√MIR “*precious”
Element in
- Ilk. Goldamir “Silmaril, *(lit.) Noldo-jewel”
- Ilk.
mir(nang)eluið- Ilk. Nauglamír “Necklace of the Dwarves”
Early Noldorin
himp
noun. jewel
Cognates
- Eq. sinqe “jewel, gem”
mírë noun "jewel" (MIR, SA:mîr), "a treasure, a precious thing" (PE17:37).Cf. Elemmírë; short form -mir in Tar-Atanamir (SA:mîr); see also Artamir.