ethir
noun. mouth of a river, (lit.) outflow
ethir
noun. spy
ethir
noun. mouth (of a river), estuary
ethir
noun. spy
ethir anduin
place name. Mouths of Anduin
Mouth of the river Anduin (LotR/400), translated “Mouths of Anduin” in Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings (RC/350). This name is a combination of ethir “river mouth” with the river name.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Ethir-andon, soon revised to N. Ethir-anduin, matching changes in the river name itself (TI/298).
Ethir Anduin
noun. mouths of great river (Anduin)
[His.] ed (“out”) + sîr (“flow, river”), and (“long”) + duin (“long and large river”) David Salo: ”dh and mh were liable to revert to d and m when they came to follow a nasal after syncope” TolkLang message 19.31.
ethir
mouth of a river
ethir (outflow of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy". (noun):
ethir
estuary
ethir (mouth or outflow of a river), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "spy".
ethir
spy
(noun) ethir (no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath). Literally "out-watcher". Note: a homophone means "mouth/outflow of a river, estuary".
ethir
outflow of a river
ethir (mouth of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
ethir
mouth of a river
(outflow of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".****
ethir
of a river
(estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
ethir
spy
(no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath). Literally "out-watcher". Note: a homophone means "mouth/outflow of a river, estuary".
ethir
outflow of a river
(mouth of a river, estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".****
ethir
estuary
(mouth or outflow of a river), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "spy".
ethiria-
verb. to flow out
duin
noun. (long and large) river (having strong current)
sîr
noun. river
celon
river
(i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn)
duin
river
(long, large river with strong current) duin (i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin) (VT48:24)
duin
large river
(i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54); compare the river-name Anduin, ”long river”.
gobem
noun. mouth
lind
river
”singer” may also be used of rivers (see
sîr
river
1) (also = rill) sîr (i hîr, o sîr), in compounds sir- or -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”. 2) celon (i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn), 3) The word lind ”singer” may also be used of rivers (see . (WJ.309).
sîr
river
(i hîr, o sîr), in compounds sir- or -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”.
A noun for the mouth of a river or a river delta, glossed “outflow” in the Unfinished Index of The Lord of the Rings (RC/350; Ety/ET). It was a combination of primitive ✶et “out” and S. sîr “river” (SA/sîr; Ety/ET), where ts > th.
Conceptual Development: The word and its derivation first appeared as N. ethir in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/ET).