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Lithe refers to two feast days of the Shire Calendar that lay either side of Midyear's Day (and, in a leap year, the special feast-day of the Overlithe).[1]
Events that occurred on 1 Lithe:
- T.A. 2941:
- Elrond discovers the moon-letters on Thrór's Map.
- T.A. 3019:
- Arwen comes to Minas Tirith.
Etymology
Old English líða, is the old name for the months June and July.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Shire Calendar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 780-1
