mist

noun. error, wandering

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “error, wandering” derived from the root ᴹ√MIS “go free, stray, wander” (Ety/MIS).

mist

noun. error, wandering

mith

noun. white fog, wet mist

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “white fog, wet mist” derived from the root ᴹ√MITH (Ety/MITH). As a later addition to this entry, Tolkien instead gave N. mith “grey”, and that was how this word was typically used in Tolkien’s later writings.

mith

noun. white fog, wet mist

hîth

noun. mist

hithliniath

place name. Pools of Mist

A Noldorin name for Ilk. Umboth Muilin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, translated “Pools of Mist” (LR/262, footnote). In The Etymologies it was given as a combination of hîth “mist” and the lenited class-plural of lhîn “pool” (Ety/KHIS).

hithlum

place name. Land of Mist, (lit.) Mist-and-Dusk

mithrim

place name. *Mist Lake

hith

noun. mist, fog