mithrim

mithrim

mithrim

noun. grey elves

mith (“grey”) + rim (collective plural suffix)

mithrim

noun. grey cold lake

mith (“grey”) + rimb (“cold pool or lake”)

mithrim

place name. Sindar

A lake in northwest Beleriand (S/106) named after the Elves who lived there (WJ/378). This name was the inspiration for Q. Sindar (PE17/140), and is a combination of mith “grey” and the class-plural suffix -rim (SA/mith, rim).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this lake was called G. Asgon (L1T1/238, GL/20), revised to ᴱN. Mithrim towards the end of the tales (LT2/202). The form N. Mithrim appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/4, LR/249), and also in The Etymologies, but with its first element being N. mith “white fog, wet mist” and its second element N. rhim “cold pool or lake (in mountains)”, hence “✱Mist Lake” (Ety/MITH, RINGI). The derivation from the name of the people came later (WJ/378), perhaps inspired in the real world by Q. Sindar, the reverse of the inspiration in the fictional world.

Element in

• S. Mithrimin

Elements

Word	Gloss
mith	“grey, light grey, pale grey”
-rim	“collective or group plural”

thindrim

collective name. Sindar

A Sindarin equivalent of Q. Sindar (VT41/9), a combination of thind “grey” and the class-plural suffix -rim.

Cognates

• Q. Sinda “Grey-elf” ✧ VT41/09

Elements

Word	Gloss
thind	“grey, grey, [N.] pale”
-rim	“collective or group plural”