metta

end

metta noun "end"; Ambar-metta "world-end, the end of the world" (EO); mettarë *"end-day" = New Years' Eve in the Númenórean calendar and the Steward's Reckoning, not belonging to any month (Appendix D). The word Mettanyë, heading the final part of the poem The Trees of Kortirion, would seem to be related (LT1:43)

tyel

end

tyel (1) noun "end", stem tyeld- as in the pl. form tyeldi (FS, KYEL; the pl. form tyeldi_ was misread as "tyelde" in the Etymologies as printed in LR; cf. VT45:25 for this correction)_. Cf. tyelma.

tyel-

end, cease

tyel- (2) vb. "end, cease" (KYEL)

tel

noun. end

Derivations

• √TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”

vedui

soft mut

soft mut. of medui

medui

adjective. end

adj. end, final, last. Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'. m > v after preposition.

medui

adjective. end, final, last

Derivations

• √MET “end, finality”

Element in

• S. ai na vedui Dúnadan “Ah! at last, Dúnadan!” ✧ LotR/0209; PE17/016
• S. Arvedui “Last-king”
• ᴺS. orvedui “yesterday”

úvedin

soft mut

soft mut. of úmedin v. & pron. suff. I do not eat. >> -n, ú-, úmedin

methed

noun. end

methed

noun. end

This word is attested in later writings as an element in the names Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” and possibly Methedras “Last Peak” (of the Misty Mountains). The latter name first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as N. Methen Amon and Methendol (TI/404), making it likely that methed is a revision from the earlier adjective N. methen (Ety/MET).

This new form likely changed from an adjective to a noun, since -ed/-ad is usually a gerundal suffix in Sindarin (forming nouns from verbs). This word is clearly a noun in the name Methed-en-Glad, and could also be a noun in Methedras (= “Peak of the End?”).

Element in

• S. Methed-en-Glad “End of the Wood” ✧ UT/153
• S. Methedras “Last Peak”

Elements

Word	Gloss
meth	“last, last; [N.] end”
-ed	“gerund”

Variations

• Methed ✧ UT/153

úvel

soft mut

soft mut. of úmel _ suff. & verbal stem (quasi-participle in aorist mode) _lit. 'not loving', enemy, inimical. >> ú-, úmel

berian

soft mut

soft mut. of perian after article i >> perain

govannen

soft mut

soft mut. of covannen

dew

soft mut

soft mut. of tew >> tew

baur

soft mut

soft mut. of paur >> Celebrimbor

ben-

soft mut

soft mut. of pen-

beth

soft mut

soft mut. of peth >> peth

vast

soft mut

soft mut. of #bast.

galen

soft mut

soft mut. of calen >> calen

Berhael

soft mut

soft mut. of Perhael** **(e.g. a·Berhael) >> Perhael

baran

soft mut

soft mut. of paran >> Dol Baran, paran

meth

end

(noun) 1) meth (i veth), pl. mith (i mith). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”last”. 2) (rear, hindmost part) tele (i dele, o thele), pl. teli (i theli). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was telei (LR:392 s.v. TELES). 3) ( maybe primarily ”last point in line; last of a series of items”) #methed (i vethed), pl. methid (i methid). Isolated from the name Methedras, the last in a line of mountain peaks.

meth

end

(i veth), pl. mith (i mith). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”last”.

methed

end

(i vethed), pl. methid (i methid). Isolated from the name Methedras, the last in a line of mountain peaks.

methen

end

(adj.) methen (lenited vethen; pl. methin) (VT45:34)

methen

end

(lenited vethen; pl. methin) (VT45:34)

tele

end

(i dele, o thele), pl. teli (i theli). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was telei (LR:392 s.v. TELES).

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

manadh

final end

(i vanadh) (fate, fortune [usually = final bliss]), pl. menaidh (i menaidh).

lanc

sudden end

(sharp edge, sudden end, brink), pl. lainc, coll. pl. langath.

meth

noun. end

meth

noun. end

Derivations

• ᴹ✶metta “end” ✧ Ety/MET
  • ᴹ√MET “end” ✧ Ety/MET

Element in

• N. methen “end, final” ✧ Ety/MET

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶metta > meth	[metta] > [mettʰa] > [meθθa] > [meθθ] > [meθ]	✧ Ety/MET

methen

adjective. end, final

tele

noun. end, rear, hindmost part