eithel
noun. source, spring, well, source, spring, well, [N.] issue of water, fountain
eithel
noun. issue of water, spring, well
eithel ivrin
place name. Ivrin’s Well
Source of the river Narog (S/209) translated “Ivrin’s Well” (WJ/139), a combination of eithel “spring, well” and the name Ivrin (SA/eithel).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as N. Ivrineithil with the same elements and meaning (SM/313, LR/139).
eithel sirion
place name. Well of Sirion
Source of the river Sirion (S/120) translated “Sirion’s Well” (WJ/182), a combination of eithel “spring, well” and the name Sirion (SA/eithel).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name first appeared as N. Eithyl Sirion (SM/311), revised to N. Eithel Sirion (LR/127), both with the same translation “Sirion’s Well”.
eithel
well
(= source) eithel (spring, issue of water), pl. eithil
eithel
issue of water
eithel (spring, well), pl. eithil
eithel
issue of water
eithel (spring, well, source), pl. eithil.
eithel
spring
(source, issue of water), pl. eithil.
eithel
well
(spring, issue of water), pl. eithil
eithel
issue of water
(spring, well), pl. eithil
eithel
source
(spring, issue of water), pl. eithil
eithela-
verb. to spring, well forth, *issue forth
celu
spring
(of water) 1) celu (i gelu, o chelu) (source), analogical pl. cely (i chely). Archaic celw; so the coll. pl. is likely celwath. 2) (well) eithel (source, issue of water), pl. eithil.
celu
source
1) celu (i gelu, o chelu) (spring), analogical pl. cely (i chely). Archaic celw; so the coll. pl. is likely celwath. 2) eithel (spring, issue of water), pl. eithil
ethuil
spring
(season) ethuil (no distinct pl. form). SPRING-SINGER, see SWALLOW
mae
well
(adverb) mae (lenited vae).
tuia
spring
(verb) tuia- (i duia, i thuiar) (swell, sprout)
al-
well
pref. #well. Q. al(a)-. . This gloss was rejected.
celu
noun. spring, source
ethuil
noun. spring, spring [the season]
mae
adverb. well
mae
adverb. well
adv. well. Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'.
mae
well
_ adv. _well. >> mael
mael
adjective. well
_ adj. _well. adjective << adverb. >> mae
mael
adjective. well
tuil
noun. spring
celos
water falling swiftly from a spring
(i gelos, o chelos) (freshet), pl. celys (i chelys).
celu
spring
(i gelu, o chelu) (source), analogical pl. cely (i chely). Archaic celw; so the coll. pl. is likely celwath.
celu
source
(i gelu, o chelu) (spring), analogical pl. cely (i chely). Archaic celw; so the coll. pl. is likely celwath.
ethuil
spring
(no distinct pl. form).
mae
well
(lenited vae).
tuia
spring
(i duia, i thuiar) (swell, sprout)
A Sindarin noun for a source of water (RC/772). It appeared as an element in several names, such as Mitheithel, the Sindarin name for the river Hoarwell (LotR/200). From its glosses, it seems it could apply to a variety of water sources, including springs, wells and fountains (RC/772, SA/eithel, LR/301). It was derived from the primitive form ✶et-kelē, literally “✱out-flow”, but in ancient times the [tk] was transposed to [kt] giving ektelē (SA/kel; Ety/KEL). In Sindarin, this pair of voiceless stops became spirants [xθ], and then the [[s|[x] vocalized to [i]]] to form the diphthong [ei].
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, there were two distinct precursors to this word, G. aithl “spring” (GL/18) and G. {ecthel >>} ectheluin “fountain, fount” (GL/31) or ecthelin (GL/25); the latter’s form was ecthel in various name lists form this period (PE13/104; PE15/23). In Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s, there was an additional form ᴱN. eithlos “fountain” with several variants (PE13/142, 158); ᴱN. aithl “spring, fount, source” also reappeared (PE13/136, 158). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, these two forms seem to have merged into N. eithel “spring, issue of water” (Ety/KEL), and this is the source of derivation given above. All of the earlier forms seem to broadly have the same etymology, and so the changes represent the evolving phonetic development of the languages.