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'''''methed''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "end".<ref>{{UT|2o}}</ref><ref>{{VT|48a}}, p. 15 (note 7)</ref> | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''''methed''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "end".<ref>{{UT|2o}}</ref><ref name=VT48>{{VT|48a}}, p. 15 (note 7)</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
[[Patrick H. Wynne]] has suggested that ''methed'' appears to be related to the [[Noldorin]] adjective ''methen'' ("end, final"), and might therefore be derived from the [[Sundocarme|root]] MET ("end").<ref name=VT48/><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 373</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 34</ref> | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*''[[Methed-en-glad]]'' ("the End of the Wood") | *''[[Methed-en-glad]]'' ("the End of the Wood") | ||
Revision as of 20:23, 22 January 2012
methed is a Sindarin word meaning "end".[1][2]
Etymology
Patrick H. Wynne has suggested that methed appears to be related to the Noldorin adjective methen ("end, final"), and might therefore be derived from the root MET ("end").[2][3][4]
Examples
- Methed-en-glad ("the End of the Wood")
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", "Appendix"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, p. 15 (note 7)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 373
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 34
