S. Mitheithel loc. “Hoarwell, (lit.) Grey Spring”

S. Mitheithel, loc. “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).

References ✧ LotR/200; LotRI/Hoarwell, Mitheithel; RC/15, 772; SA/eithel, mith; UT/261; UTI

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mith “grey, light grey, pale grey” ✧ RC/772; SA/mith
eithel “source, spring, well” ✧ RC/772; SA/eithel

N. Mitheithel loc. “Hoarwell”

See S. Mitheithel for discussion.

References ✧ RSI; TI/14; TII

Glosses

Elements

mith¹ “grey”
eithel “issue of water, spring, well, fountain”