_ n. _friend. Pedo mellon a minno! 'Say friend and enter'.
Sindarin
meldis
feminine name. ?Beloved Bride
Elements
Word Gloss mel- “to love” dîs “bride”
mellon
noun. friend
mellon
noun. friend
mellon
noun. friend
Cognates
- Q. meldo “friend, lover” ✧ WJ/412
Derivations
- √MEL “love, love, [ᴹ√] love (as friend)” ✧ SA/mel
Element in
- S. ar e aníra ennas suilannad mhellyn în phain “and he desires to greet there all his friends” ✧ AotM/062; SD/129
- S. Elvellyn “Elf-friends, Elf-lovers” ✧ WJ/412
- S. mellyn enin Edhellion “*friends of the Elves” ✧ PE17/097
- S. pedo beth mellon “say the word mellon” ✧ VT44/26
- S. pedo mellon a minno “speak, friend, and enter; (alternately) say ‘friend’ and enter” ✧ LotR/0305; LotR/0305; PE17/041
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √mel- > mellon [meldondo] > [melðondo] > [melðond] > [mellond] > [mellonn] > [mellon] ✧ SA/mel Variations
- Mellon ✧ LotR/0308; LotRI/Mellon
meldis
friend
(i veldis), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldis), coll. pl. meldissath.
mellon
friend
1) (masc.) mellon (i vellon) (lover), pl. mellyn (i mellyn), coll. pl. mellonnath. Also meldir (i veldir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldir). Also seron (i heron, o seron), pl. seryn (i seryn), coll. pl. seronnath. 2) (fem.) meldis (i veldis), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldis), coll. pl. meldissath.
mellon
friend
(i vellon) (lover), pl. mellyn (i mellyn), coll. pl. mellonnath. Also meldir (i veldir), no distinct pl. form except with article (i meldir). Also seron (i heron, o seron), pl. seryn (i seryn), coll. pl. seronnath.
Sindarin name of Zimrahin (WJ/234), perhaps a combination of mel- “love” and [N.] dîs “bride”, so: “✱Beloved Bride”.