An adjective meaning for “sparkling like jewels” (RGEO/64) in the poem A Elbereth Gilthoniel (LotR/238). It was the passive participle of the verb míria- “to sparkle like jewels” (PE17/24). Tolkien also considered connecting it to Quenya past passive participles like káriela in notes from 1969, perhaps from a verb ✱mir- with a Q. past participle míriela, but this Q. form was deleted and the whole thing seems to have been a transient idea (PE22/152).
Sindarin
Míriel
noun. sparkling like a jewel
Míriel
adjective. or quasi-adverb like a jewel
míriel
adjective. sparkling like jewels, like a jewel
Cognates
- Q.
miriéla“?sparkling” ✧ PE22/152Element in
- S. silivren penna míriel “from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels” ✧ LotR/0238; PE17/024; RGEO/63; RGEO/64
Variations
- mirieil ✧ PE22/152
- mirieail ✧ PE22/152
mîr
noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure
mîr
noun. jewel
_ n. _jewel, precious thing. Q. míre, pl1. míri. >> advir
mírdan
noun. jewel-smith
Míriel
jewel-like
míriel (lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)
Míriel
sparkling like a jewel
míriel (lenited víriel, pl. míril) (jewel-like)
míriel
jewel-like
(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)
míriel
sparkling like a jewel
(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (jewel-like)
mîr
jewel
mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath. GREAT JEWEL (Silmaril) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)
mîr
jewel
(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.
mirion
great jewel
(i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)
mírdan
jewel-smith
(i vírdan), pl. mírdain (i mírdain)
golovir
noldo-jewel
(i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N’golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir). Adj.
lim
sparkling
(adj.) lim (clear, light), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fish”.
lim
sparkling
(clear, light), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fish”.
_adj. or quasi-adverb _like a jewel, shining jewel-like. In origin a participial form of verb míria-. silivren penna míriel lit. 'glittering slants-down sparkling (as jewels)'. >> míria-