A Sindarin term for the Vanyar, first tribe of Elves (WJ/383), a combination of min “one” and Ell “Elf”.
Sindarin
min
noun. peak
mín
pronoun. our
min
adjective. our
mín
pronoun. us
mín
adjective. our
miniel
proper name. Vanyar
-main
suffix. our
mín
us
mín, presumably usually lenited vín (which is also the genitive ”our”); see WE.
mín
us
presumably usually lenited vín (which is also the genitive ”our”); see
mínem
noun. movie, motion picture
vín
our
vín; see WE
vín
our
; see
men
pronoun. us
aeg
horn
(point, thorn). No distinct pl. form. (but aeglir can be used for a range of mountain peaks). Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) mîn (i vîn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîn), coll. pl. míniath. Note: homophones include the numeral ”one” and the adjective ”isolated, first, towering”. 3) egnas (sharp point; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassath.
-enc
suffix. our
_1st pl. poss. suff. _our.Maybe the incl. form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46.
-men
suffix. our
ammen
pronoun. of us, for us, toward us
men
pronoun. us
ammen
for us, to us, of us
till
sharp-pointed peak
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.
A word glossed “peak” appearing in the name S. Min-Rimmon “Peak of the Rimmon” from the Unfinished Index to The Lord of the Rings (RC/511). It is probably a derivative of √MIN.