aderthad

noun. reuniting

A noun appearing in the name Mereth Aderthad “Feast of Reuniting” in The Silmarillion and its drafts (S/113; LR/126; SM/329), and also mentioned in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/MBER).

aderthad

gerund noun. reuniting, reunion

aderthad

noun. reunion

ad (“again”) + erthad (ger. of ertha- “unite”)

adertha-

verb. to reunite

ertha-

verb. to unite

mereth aderthad

proper name. Feast of Reuniting

A feast held by Fingolfin for the Elves of Beleriand, translated as “Feast of Reuniting” (S/113), a combination of mereth “feast” and aderthad “reuniting” (SA/mereth).

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as N. Mereth Aderthad “Feasts and Games of Reuniting” in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/329). In The Etymologies, the noun N. mereth was rejected and replaced by bereth (Ety/MBER), but as pointed out by Christopher Tolkien, the noun was never changed in the narratives, so Tolkien likely reverted this change.

aderthad

reunion

(ad- "re" + #erthad "union"), pl. aderthaid.

adertha

reunite

#adertha- (i adertha, in aderthar), verbal stem isolated from aderthad, see REUNION.

adertha

reunite

(i adertha, in aderthar), verbal stem isolated from aderthad, see

ertha

unite

#ertha- (i ertha, in erthar). Isolated from the gerund #erthad (itself isolated from aderthad "reunion").

ertha

unite

(i ertha, in erthar). Isolated from the gerund #erthad (itself isolated from aderthad "reunion").

aderthad

noun. reuniting

mereth aderthad

proper name. Feast of (Games and) Reuniting