(i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
Sindarin
mirian
noun. piece of money, coin used in Gondor
mirian
noun. Gondorian coin
Cognates
- Wes. kastar ✧ PM/045
Elements
Word Gloss mîr “jewel, precious thing, treasure” ?
canad
cardinal. four
canad
cardinal. four
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kanata > canad [kanata] > [kanat] > [kanad] ✧ VT42/24 √KENET > cened [kenet] > [kened] ✧ VT47/41 Variations
- can(ad ✧ PE17/095
- cened ✧ VT47/41
cened
ordinal. four
mirian
coin
mirian
coin
mirian
penny
(name of a coin) mirian (i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
mirian
penny
(i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)
pant
noun. money
Derivations
- √PAN “arrange, set in order, arrange, set in order; [ᴹ√] place, set, fix in place (especially of wood)”
Element in
- ᴺS. pennig “coin”
pennig
noun. coin
Elements
Word Gloss pant “money”
canad
cardinal. four
canad;
canad
four
;
canath
fourth part
(i ganath, o chanath) (farthing), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of the more valuable coin called mirian. (PM:45)
canath
farthing
canath (i ganath, o chanath) (fourth part), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of a mirian. (PM:45)
canath
farthing
(i ganath, o chanath) (fourth part), pl. cenaith (i chenaith). As coin, the fourth part of a mirian. (PM:45)
cannui
fourth
. The reading in VT42:25 is "canthui", but the phonology presupposed in LotR would require ✱cannui. David Salo regards "canthui" as a dialectal form.
(name of a coin) mirian (i virian), pl. miriain (i miriain)