mith

noun. white fog, wet mist

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “white fog, wet mist” derived from the root ᴹ√MITH (Ety/MITH). As a later addition to this entry, Tolkien instead gave N. mith “grey”, and that was how this word was typically used in Tolkien’s later writings.

mith

adjective. grey

mith

noun. white fog, wet mist

mith

adjective. (pale) grey

mitheithel

place name. Hoarwell

mithlond

place name. ?Grey Havens, Grey Gulf

mithrandir

masculine name. Grey Wanderer/Pilgrim

mithrim

place name. *Mist Lake

mithril

noun. *true-silver

mithren

adjective. small

hith

noun. mist, fog

meth

noun. end

meth

noun. end

hîth

noun. mist

thilevril

noun. *true-silver

brona-

verb. to last, to survive

celeb

noun. silver

celeb

noun. silver

celebren

adjective. like silver (in hue or worth)

celefn

adjective. of silver

celevon

adjective. of silver

erceleb

noun. *true-silver

gael

adjective. pale, glimmering

hithw

noun. fog

hithw

noun. fog

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s given as N. {heðw >>} hithw “fog” derived from primitive ᴹ✶khithme under the root ᴹ√KHITH “mist, fog” (Ety/KHIS; EtyAC/KHIS).

Conceptual Development: G. huith “fog” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s is a likely precursor (GL/49), perhaps derived from a (hypothetical) early root ✱ᴱ√HUYU.

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, this word would become ᴺS. hithu, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

ithil

noun. Moria-silver, true-silver

maidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn

meidh

adjective. pale, fallow, fawn

methen

adjective. end, final

mid

adjective. grey

mîw

adjective. small, tiny, frail

nim-

adjective. pale, white

nimp

adjective. pale, white

nimp

adjective. pale

rhaud

noun. metal

rhaud

noun. metal

tele

noun. end, rear, hindmost part

thind

adjective. grey, pale

thinn

adjective. grey, pale

tinc

noun. metal

tinc

noun. metal

A word for “metal” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TINKŌ of the same meaning (Ety/TINKŌ).

Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is G. sinc “metal” from the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/67), a cognate of ᴱQ. sink “mineral, gem, metal” under the early root ᴱ√SINI “pale blue” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/83). For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I prefer to use ᴺS. sinc for “✱mineral”.