S. Mithrim loc.
A lake in northwest Beleriand (S/106) named after the Elves who lived there (WJ/378). This name was the inspiration for Q. Sindar (PE17/140), and is a combination of mith “grey” and the class-plural suffix -rim (SA/mith, rim).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this lake was called G. Asgon (L1T1/238, GL/20), revised to ᴱN. Mithrim towards the end of the tales (LT2/202). The form N. Mithrim appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/4, LR/249), and also in The Etymologies, but with its first element being N. mith² “white fog, wet mist” and its second element N. rhim² “cold pool or lake (in mountains)”, hence “*Mist Lake” (Ety/MITH, RINGI). The derivation from the name of the people came later (WJ/378), perhaps inspired in the real world by Q. Sindar, the reverse of the inspiration in the fictional world.
References ✧ PE17/140; SA/mith, rim; SI; UTI; WJ/378; WJI
Variations
Related
Inflections
| Mîthrim | class-plural | “Sindar” | ✧ PE17/140 |
| mithrim | class-plural | ✧ PE17/140 |
Elements
| mith | “grey, light grey, pale grey” | ✧ SA/mith | |
| -rim | “collective or group plural” | ||
| rim | “host, great number, people (of one kind or origin)” | ✧ SA/rim | |
Element In
N. Mithrim loc. “*Mist Lake”
References ✧ Ety/MITH, RINGI; LRI; RSI; SMI/Asgon, Mithrim
Variations
Elements
| mith² | “white fog, wet mist” | ✧ Ety/MITH | |
| rhim² | “cold pool or lake (in mountains)” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/RINGI |
| ᴹ√RINGI | “cold” | ✧ Ety/MITH | |
ᴱN. Mithrim loc.
References ✧ LBI; LT1I/Asgon; LT2/202; LT2I/Asgon, Mithrim; PE13/152
Variations
Elements
| rhim | “ring, circle” | ✧ PE13/152 |
G. Asgon loc.
References ✧ GL/20; LT1A/Asgon; LT1I; LT2/202; LT2A/Asgon; LT2I/Asgon, Mithrim; PE13/101, 108; PE15/20; SMI
Variations
Changes
Elements
| acha | “waterfall” | ✧ LT1A/Asgon |
| asc¹ | “water” | ✧ PE13/101 |
Cognates