merifind

adjective. Black-haired

A neologism for “black-haired” coined by Fiona Jallings, a combination of ✶mori “black” and S. find “hair”, where the e is the result of ancient i-affection. Compare this with the similarly derived [N.] merilin(n) “nightingale, ✱(orig.) dark singer” (Ety/TIN). Likely in modern Sindarin this form would become merifin(n) since final nd became nn in polysyllables.

Elements

Word	Gloss
mori	“black”
find	“tress; single hair, tress, [ON.] lock of hair; [ᴱN.] hair (in general); [S.] single hair”