hávanissi

collective name. Bread-women

A term for the women responsible for grinding flour and baking bread, a combination of háva “bread” and the plural of nissë “woman”, a notion tied to the mythical origin of lembas (NM/295). A similar term was Massánië “Breadgiver” (PM/404), but that was limited to noble elf women.

Elements

Word	Gloss
háva	“bread (collective), [unleavened] bread (collective)”
nís	“woman”

Variations

• hávanissi ✧ NM/295