The great pearl given as a reward to the Lord of the Dwarves of Belegost (S/92), elsewhere described as the name of a plant (PE17/168). Its initial element is the archaic form †nimp “pale, pallid” (SA/nim, PE17/168). David Salo proposed that the entire name was archaic in form, and that the final element was loss “snow” (GS/364).
Sindarin
nimphelos
noun. nimphelos
nimphelos
proper name. Pale ?Snow
Elements
Word Gloss nimp “pale, pallid, white, pale, pallid, white; small and frail, [ᴱN.] wan, sickly” loss “snow” Variations
- nimphelos ✧ PE17/168
n. Bot. >> nimp