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S. miruvor n. “a special wine or cordial” (Category: Mead)

S. miruvor, n. “a special wine or cordial” (Category: Mead)
G. gurmir “drink of the Valar, *(lit.) sweet wine”
G. limfa “drink of the fairies”
G. limp(elis) “drink of the fairies”

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).

References ✧ LotR/290; LotRI/Miruvor; PE17/37; TII; UTI/Miruvor

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G. mirofor n. “drink of the Gods” (Category: Wine)

See S. miruvor for discussion.

References ✧ GL/43, 57; LT1A/Miruvor

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mîr “wine” ✧ GL/57; LT1A/Miruvor

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