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Note: Mithren is a dialect of Sindarin and is considered to be a reincarnation of the obsolete Ilkorin language. Most of the following words are labeled to be Ilkorin. Entries in Italic indicate that the word has been updated from Ilkorin, to reflect the etymological background of later legendarium.

-a suff. genitive ending ~ Tor Tinduma ~ OS -*o (3O)

adar n. edrin pl. father ~ LR/349 ~ OS *ataro (ATA)

adda n. father *dad ~ LR/349 ~ OS *atto (ATA)

adu, ado adj. double ~ LR/349 ~ OS *at (AT-AT)

Adurant name. Doublecourse ~ Silm. ~ (AT, RAN)

alph n. swan ~ LR/348 ~ *alpa (ÍLAK)

aman n. emnin pl. mother ~ LR/348 ~(AM1)

Argad name. outside the fence ~ LR/349 ~ ar+gad (AR1, GAT-H)

Argador name. land outside the fence ~ LR/349 ~ ar+gad+dor (AR1, GAT-H, DORO)

arn adj. red ~ LR/400 ~ OS *jarna (YAR)

Aros name. red-? ~ Silm. ~ OS *jarros (YAR, ROS)

ascar adj. violent, rushing, impetuous ~ LR/386 ~ OS *askara (SKAR)

ass n. cooked food, meat ~ LR/349 ~ *apsa (AP)

Balthor n. Balthorin pl. Vala-king ~ LR/350 ~ bal+tôr (BAL, TA)

Balthronding name. ~ LR/388 ~ Bal-thron(d)-ding

bas n. bread ~ basgorn ~ LR/365 ~ OS bassa (MBAS)

basgorn n. round bread ~ LR/365 ~ bast-gorn (MBAS KOR)

bel n. strength ~ CE *belê (BEL)

Beleg adj. Strong ~ OS *béleka (BEL)

Belthronding name. rong Stiff (thing that gives out a) Twang ~ LR/352, LR/354 ~ Bel-thron(d)-ding

benn n. husband ~ LR/352 ~ OS *besno (BES)

ber n. valiant man, warrior ~ OS *berô (BER)

bereth n. valor ~ OS *bereth- (BER)

boron n. burnin pl. steadfast, trusty man, faithful vassal ~ LR/353 ~ OS bóron- (BOR-ON)

breth n. mast, beech-mast ~ LR/352 ~ OS b'retha (BERÉTH)

bril n. glass, crystal ~ LR/372 ~ OS b'ril- (MBIRIL)

Brilthor name. Glittering Torrent ~ bril+thôr (MBIRIL THOR)

brith n. broken stones, gravel ~ LR/353 ~ OS *b'ritthe (BIRÍT)

Brithombar name. Land of Brithon ~ LR/353 ~ Brithon+bar

Brithon name. pebbly ~ LR/353 ~ OS *b'ritthauna (BIRÍT)

broga n. bear ~ LR/374 ~ CE *m'rokô (MORÓK)

caun adj. bowed, bow-shaped, bent ~ LR/365 ~ coun < CE *ku3nâ(KU3)

celon n. river ~ LR/363 ~ CE *kelu-n (KEL)

corn adj. round ~ basgorn ~ LR/365 ~ OS korna (KOR)

dair n. shadow of trees ~ LR/354 ~ OS *daira (DAY)

dang n. sound ~ LR/354 ~ onomatopoeic (DING)

daum n. night-time, gloom ~ LR/354 ~ *doum > *dogm < OS *dogme (DO-3)

dem adj. sad, gloomy ~ LR/354 ~ OS *dimba (DIM)

Dilion name. bright Gelion ~ LR/359-360 ~ hypothetical not used. The name Gelion actually comes from the Ilkorin word for "bright", derived from the stem GAL. However, the Noldor incorrectly associated this word with their own word Gelion, derived from the stem GYELhaving to do with joy/ Noldorin Gelion is translated "merry singer". That this was not the correct interpretation of the Ilkorin river-name, even though the Ilkorin and the Noldorin word had the same form, is shown by the fact that the true cognate of Noldorin Gelion (stem GYEL) would not have been Gelion at all, but Dilion. Gelion means "bright" instead, unrelated to the Noldorin word gelion ~ (GYEL)

dim n. gloom, sadness ~ LR/354 ~ OS *dimbe (DIM)

dimb adj. sad ~ LR/354 ~ OS *dimbi (DIM)

Dimbar name. Sadland ~ dim+bar

ding n. sound ~ (DING)

dôl adj. flat, lowlying vale ~ LR/353 ~ OS *dâla (DAL)

dôr n. land ~ Argador, Dor-thonion ~ LR/392 ~ OS *dore (DORO)

dorn n. oak ~ LR/355 ~ (DÓR-ON)

Dor-thonion name. Land of Pines ~ LR/392

duil n. river ~ LR/355 ~ OS *duile (DUI)

Duilwen name. Green River ~ LR/355, 359 ~ duil+gwene

duin n. water, river ~ LR/355 ~ OS *duine (DUI)

dûm n. twilight ~ LR/354 ~ CE *dômi- (DOMO)

Eglath n. Forsaken People ~ LR/358 ~ OS *ekel+ath (HEKE)

el- n. heaven ~ Elrond LR/384 Elthorn LR/392 ~(EL)

El-bereth name. Heavenly Valor ~ LR/352 ~ el+bereth

Elrond name. Star-dome Vault of heaven ~ LR/384 ~ el+rond

Elthorn name. eagle of sky ~ LR/392 ~ el+thorn

er num. one ~ Ermabin ~ LR/371 ~ (ERE)

erdh n. seed, germ ~ LR/356 ~ OS *erede (E-RÉD)

Ermabin name. one-handed ~ LR/371 ~ er+mab (MAP)

esg n. sedge ~ LR/356 ~ OS *eske (E-SEK)

esgal n. screen, hiding, roof of leaves ~ LR/386 ~ (SKAL1)

Esgalduin name. River under Veil ~ LR/386 ~ esgal+duin

esgar n. reed-bed ~ LR/356 ~ (ESEK)

esgar n. wound ~ LR/386 ~ (SKAR)

Esgaroth name. Reed-lake ~ LR/356, Hobbit ~ esgar-oth

gangel n. genglin pl. harp ~ LR/377 ~ OS *gandêle (ÑGAN)

Garthurian name. Hidden Realm ~ LR/358 ~ gardh+thurian

gelion adj. bright ~ LR/359 ~ OS *Galian CE *Galjânâ(GAL)

go prep. from patronymic prefix ~ LR/360 ~ (HO)

gôd n. dirtiness, filth ~ LR/397 ~ *gwôt < *gwât- < *wât- < OS *wahtê(WA3)

góda- v. to soil, stain ~ LR/397 ~ *gwôta- *gwâta wâtâ- wahtâ- (WA3)

gôr adj. soiled, dirty ~ LR/397 ~ wa3râ (WA3)

gwath n. shade ~ LR/397 ~ watha (WATH)

gwau n. wind ~ LR/397 ~ (WAWA)

gwedh n. bond ~ LR/397 ~ wedâ (WED)

gwelo n. air, lower air ~ gwelu *gwelw (WIL)

gwen n. girl ~ LR/398 ~ *wene (WEN-ED)

gwên n. greenness ~ LR/359 ~ *gwên *gwene (GWEN)

gwene adj. green ~ LR/359 ~ *gwenjâ (GWEN)

Gwethion name. Shadow-land ~ LR/397 ~ (WATH)

gwilwering n. butterfly ~ LR/398 ~ (WIL)

gwing n. spindrift, flying spray ~ LR/398 ~ wingê (WIG)

gwo- prep. together ~ LR/399 ~ (WÓ)

-in suff. plural ending

-ion suff. genitive plural ending

laig adj. keen, sharp > fresh, lively ~ LR/367 ~ *laikâlaik-wâ(LAIK, LÍYAK)

legol adj. nimble, active, running free ~ LR/368 ~ *lekla (LEK)

Legolin name. nimble, active, running free

Lhinnon name. musical land", a name of Ossiriand ~ LR/369 ~ (LIN2)

lind adj. tuneful, sweet ~ LR/369 ~ (LIND)

Lindon name. name of Ossiriand ~ LR/369 ~ Tolkien transferred the name Lindon to Nandorin (Green-elven) and derived it from primitive Lindânâ (WJ/385), which is clearly Lindâ "Linda, Elf of the Third Clan" + the well-attested adjectival ending -nâ. Lindânâ therefore means simply "(Land) of the Lindar", "Lindarin (Land)" (named after the Lindarin Green-elves that entered Beleriand and settled in Ossiriand ~ (LIN2)

line n. pool ~ LR/369 ~ *linjâ(LIN1)

loth adj. empty Mablosgen ~ LR/371 ~ *lustâ (LUS)

mab n. hand ~ Ermabin LR/371 ~ mapâ (MAP)

Mablothren adj. emptyhanded ~ LR/371

Mablosgen *luskâ ~ mab loth

maig n. dough ~ LR/371 ~ mazgê (MASAG)

môr n. night ~ LR/373 ~ (MOR)

murilind/myrilind n. nightingale ~ LR/373 ~ *morilindê (MOR LIN2)

olg adj. hideous, horrible ~ LR/396 ~ ulga (ÚLUG)

ôr n. blood ~ LR/400 ~ *jara (YAR)

orth n. Urthin pl. mountain ~ LR/397 ~ (OROT)

oth n. war ~ LR/379 ~ *outh *outha (OKTÂ)

-oth n. is the element translated "lake". No similar word or element of such a meaning seems to occur anywhere else. ~ Esgaroth

pess n. down ~ LR/366 ~ kwessê (KWES)

pôm n. sickness ~ LR/366 ~ *kwâmê (KWAM)

rant n. flow, course of river ~ LR/383 ~ rantâ (RAT)

rest n. cut ~ LR/384 ~ rista (RIS)

rond n. ~ *rondô (RONO)

rond n. domed roof vault ~ LR/384 ~ (RONO)

salph n. grass ~ LR/385 ~ (SALÍK- WÊ)

saum n. drinking-vessel ~ LR/388 ~ *soum sukmâ(SUK)

tâch adj. firm, stiff, solid ~ LR/389 ~ *tankâ(TAK)

tag- v. fix, construct, make ~ LR/389 ~ *taka (TAK)

taig adj. deep ~ it is not quite obvious how the meanings "steep" and "lofty" could merge to produce the meaning "deep". ~ OS tára aikwâ (TÂ AYAK)

Taiglin name. deep pool

tal n. tel pl. foot ~ LR/390 ~ It is not clear why the longer Ilkorin plural ending -in is not used in this word ~ *tala (TAL)

talum n. telmin pl. ground, floor ~ LR/390 ~ *talm *talama (TALAM)

tangol n. pin, brooch ~ LR/389 ~ tankla (TAK)

targ adj. tough, stiff ~ LR/390 ~ targâ (TÍRAG)

tass n. pin ~ LR/389 ~ taksê (TAK)

taum n. holder, socket, hasp, clasp, stable ~ LR/389 ~ takmâ (TAK)

taur n. 1. great wood O 2. wood ~ LR/391 ~ tawar taurê (TÍWAR)

telf n. silver ~ LR/366-367 ~ telpe (KYELEP)

thall adj. steep, falling ~ LR/388 ~ stalrê (STAL)

thalos n. torrent ~ LR/388 ~ *stalossê (STAL)

thavon n. carpenter, wright, builder ~ LR/387-388 ~ thavno (STAB)

thind adj. grey, pale, early name of Thingol ~ LR/392 ~ *Thindô (THIN)

Thingol name. grey wise ~ LR/392 ~ in Sindarin is translated as greycloak ~(THIN ÑGOL)

thôn n. pine-tree ~ LR/392 ~ *thôn (THÓN)

thôr adj. sweeping, leaping down ~ LR/393 ~ *thorâ (THOR)

thorn n. thurin pl. eagle ~ LR/392 ~ (THORON)

Thorntor name. King of Eagles ~ LR/392 ~ thorn, tôr

thrôn adj. stiff, hard ~ starâna (STAR-AN)

thron-ding n. stiff-twang <- Balthronding ~ LR/388 ~ (STAR-AN)

thúren adj. guarded, hidden ~ LR/393 ~ (THUR)

tim n. spark, star ~ LR/393 ~ (TIN)

tindum n. starlight, twilight > starry twilight ~ LR/393 ~ *tindómi (TIN DOMO)

tingla- n. sparkle ~ *tintlâ-; (TIN)

tiog adj. thick, fat ~ LR/394 ~ tiukâ (TIW)

tog- v. brings ~ LR/395 ~ *tukâ (TUK)

tolda v. fetches ~ *tultâ (TUL)

tôr n. tórin pl. king ~ LR/389 ~ only used of Thingol but the plural form tórin "kings" was also used of the Valar ~(TÂ)

tóril n. queen a title of Melian ~ LR/389 ~ (TÂ)

Torthingol name. King Thingol ~ LR/392

Torthurnion name. King of Eagles ~ LR/392

tovon adj. lowlying, deep, low ~ LR/394 ~ tubnâ (TUB)

trêw adj. fine, slender ~ LR/392 ~ terêwâ (TER)

n. muscle, sinew, vigour, physical strength ~ LR/394 ~ tûgh tûgu (TUG)

tund adj. tall ~ LR/395 ~ tundâ (TUN)

tung adj. taut, tight resonant ~ LR/394 ~ tûgu (TUG)

tuss n. thatch ~ LR/395 ~ tupsê (TUP)

Uduvon name. Utumno ~ LR/394 ~ Utubnu (TUB)

ulion n. monster, deformed and hideous creature ~ LR/396 ~ ulgon ulgund ulgundô (ÚLUG)

ungol n. spider ~ LR/396 ~ *ungl (UÑG)

ungor ~ LR/396 ~ *uñgrâ (UÑG)

Urthin Gwethion name. Ered Wethrin ~ LR/397

usp n. smoke ~ us(u)k-wê (USUK)

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