mirian

noun. piece of money, coin used in Gondor

mirian

noun. Gondorian coin

Cognates

• Wes. kastar ✧ PM/045

Elements

Word	Gloss
mîr	“jewel, precious thing, treasure”
?

canad

cardinal. four

canad

cardinal. four

Cognates

• Q. canta “four” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
• T. canat “four” ✧ VT42/24; VT47/41

Derivations

• ✶kanatā “four” ✧ VT42/24
  • √KANAT “four”
• √KANAT “four” ✧ VT47/41

Element in

• ᴺS. canthil “square”
• S. canthui “fourth” ✧ VT42/25

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kanata > canad	[kanata] > [kanat] > [kanad]	✧ VT42/24
√KENET > cened	[kenet] > [kened]	✧ VT47/41

Variations

• can(ad ✧ PE17/095
• cened ✧ VT47/41

cened

ordinal. four

mirian

coin

(name of a coin) mirian (i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)

mirian

coin

(i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)

mirian

penny

(name of a coin) mirian (i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)

mirian

penny

(i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)

pant

noun. money

Derivations

• √PAN “arrange, set in order, arrange, set in order; [ᴹ√] place, set, fix in place (especially of wood)”

Element in

• ᴺS. pennig “coin”

pennig

noun. coin

Elements

Word	Gloss
pant	“money”

canad

cardinal. four

canad;

canad

four

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canath

fourth part

(i ganath, o chanath) (farthing), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of the more valuable coin called mirian. (PM:45)

canath

farthing

canath (i ganath, o chanath) (fourth part), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of a mirian. (PM:45)

canath

farthing

(i ganath, o chanath) (fourth part), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of a mirian. (PM:45)

cannui

fourth

. The reading in VT42:25  is "canthui", but the phonology presupposed in LotR would require ✱cannui. David Salo regards "canthui" as a dialectal form.