maer

adjective. excellent

_ adj. _excellent. Q. maira admirable, excellent, precious. >> maer-, maeron

maer

good

_ adj. _good.

maer

good

adj. good, proper, excellent. Q. mára good, proper, Q. maira excellent. >> mae-. This gloss was rejected.

maer

adjective. good, excellent, fair, good, excellent, fair; [N.] useful, fit, good (of things)

maer

good

_(”useful” of things _ not of moral qualities) maer (lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, useful). For ”good” as an adjective describing human qualities, the word fael ”fair-minded, just, generous” may be considered.

maer

good

(lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, useful). For ”good” as an adjective describing human qualities, the word fael ”fair-minded, just, generous” may be considered.

maer

useful

maer (lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, good [of things])

maer

useful

(lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, good [of things])

maer

fit

maer (lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (useful, good [of things])

maer

fit

(lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (useful, good [of things])

bain

good

_ adj. _good, wholesome, blessed, fair (esp. of weather). . This gloss was rejected.

ma

adjective. good

_ adj. _good. Archaic and obsolete except as interjection 'good, excellent, that's right'.

raud

excellent

_ adj. _excellent, noble, eminent.

maer

adjective. useful, fit, good (of things)

maer

adjective. useful, fit, good (of things)

manrā

adjective. good

Amarië

good

Amarië fem. name; perhaps derived from mára "good" with prefixing of the stem-vowel and the feminine ending -ië (Silm)

ala-

good

ala- (3), also al-, a prefix expressing "good" or "well" (PE17:146), as in alaquenta (q.v.) Whether Tolkien imagined this ending to coexist with the negative prefix of the same form (#2 above) is unclear and perhaps dubious.

mára

adjective. good

mára

useful, fit, good

mára adj. "useful, fit, good" (of things) (MAG; see MA3; Arct, VT42:34, VT45:30). Nás mara nin "I like it", literally "it is good to me" (VT49:30; read mára for mara?) As the comparative of mára, the unrelated adjective arya "excelling" is used in the sense of "better"; for the superlative *"best", one adds the article: i arya (with genitive to express "the best of…") (PE17:57),