Mitheithel

noun. hoarwell

mith (“grey”) + eithel (“spring, well”)

mitheithel

place name. Hoarwell, (lit.) Grey Spring

Sindarin name of the river Hoarwell (LotR/200), also translated “Hoary Spring” (RC/15), a combination of mith “grey” and eithel “spring” (RC/772; SA/mith, eithel).

Conceptual Development: This name was already N. Mitheithel when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/14).

Elements

Word	Gloss
mith	“grey, light grey, pale grey”
eithel	“source, spring, well, source, spring, well, [N.] issue of water, fountain”

Variations

• Mith-eithel ✧ RC/772