Gnomish
mirwelthin
noun. vintage
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
mirwelthin
noun. vintage
A word appearing as G. mirwelthin “vintage” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. mîr “wine” and an (adjectival?) form of the verb G. gweltha- “squeeze, press” (GL/45, 57).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word slightly as ᴺS. mirwelthen “vintage, ✱(lit.) wine pressing” using a more ordinary Sindarin adjective suffix -en, and would assume the initial element is ᴺS. miru “wine” as seen in miruvor.