_ n. _S. form taken by borrowed Q. word miruvóre (< MIR esteem, value). >> mîr
Sindarin
miruvor
noun. a special wine or cordial
Cognates
- Q. miruvórë “mead, nectar, special wine or cordial, drink of the Elves, (lit.) precious juice, mead, nectar, special wine or cordial, drink of the Elves, (lit.) precious juice, [ᴱQ.] sweet drink” ✧ PE17/037
Derivations
- Q. miruvórë “mead, nectar, special wine or cordial, drink of the Elves, (lit.) precious juice, mead, nectar, special wine or cordial, drink of the Elves, (lit.) precious juice, [ᴱQ.] sweet drink” ✧ PE17/037
- ✶
miru̯(a)-wōrĭ“precious juice” ✧ PE17/038- Val. mirubhōze “honey wine” ✧ PE17/038; WJ/399
Variations
- Miruvor ✧ LotRI/Miruvor
miruvor
S
A special Elvish drink of Rivendell (LotR/290), a loan word from Quenya (PE17/37). See the entry Q. miruvórë for further discussion.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s this word was G. mirofor “drink of the Gods” based on G. mîr “wine” (GL/57) along with an alternate form G. gurmir where the initial element was G. gûri “sweet” (GL/43).