mettarë

proper name. last day of the year, *(lit.) end-day

The last day of the year in the calendar of Imladris and the Steward’s Reckoning (LotR/1108-9), a compound of metta “ending” and ré “day”.

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices from the 1940s, the last day of the year was first given as ᴹQ. Qantarie “Day of Completion, Oldyear’s Day” (PM/127), where its first element was ᴹQ. qanta “full”. Later in the drafts it was given as ᴹQ. Mettare “Year’s end” (PM/134).

Elements

Word	Gloss
metta	“ending, end”
ré	“day (period from sunset to sunset)”

Variations

• mettarë ✧ LotR/1108; LotR/1108; LotR/1109

metta

end

metta noun "end"; Ambar-metta "world-end, the end of the world" (EO); mettarë *"end-day" = New Years' Eve in the Númenórean calendar and the Steward's Reckoning, not belonging to any month (Appendix D). The word Mettanyë, heading the final part of the poem The Trees of Kortirion, would seem to be related (LT1:43)

tyel

end

tyel (1) noun "end", stem tyeld- as in the pl. form tyeldi (FS, KYEL; the pl. form tyeldi_ was misread as "tyelde" in the Etymologies as printed in LR; cf. VT45:25 for this correction)_. Cf. tyelma.

tyel-

end, cease

tyel- (2) vb. "end, cease" (KYEL)

tel

noun. end

Derivations

• √TEL “close, end, complete, come to an end”