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'''Mitheithel''' was the long river that rose in the icy north of [[Middle-earth]], in the [[Misty Mountains]] about a hundred miles north of [[Rivendell]]. It flowed southwestwards through the lands that had once been held by the kingdom of [[Rhudaur]], round the woodland region of the [[Trollshaws]]. Passing beneath the [[Last Bridge]] on the [[East-West Road]], it flowed on into the south, until it met the [[Glanduin]] above [[Tharbad]] to form the River [[Gwathló]] (or [[Greyflood]]).
'''Mitheithel''' was the long river that rose in the icy north of [[Middle-earth]] known by [[Men]] as [[Hoarwell]].
 
==Etymology==
The river's Mannish name was [[Hoarwell]], a free translation of the [[Sindarin]] Mitheithel. The Elvish name for the river contains the components mith 'grey' and eithel 'spring, well'.
The river's Mannish name was [[Hoarwell]], a free translation of the [[Sindarin]] name which contains the components ''[[mith]]'' 'grey' and ''[[eithel]]'' 'spring, well'.
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[[Category:Sindarin Locations]]

Revision as of 15:30, 8 October 2010

Mitheithel was the long river that rose in the icy north of Middle-earth known by Men as Hoarwell.

Etymology

The river's Mannish name was Hoarwell, a free translation of the Sindarin name which contains the components mith 'grey' and eithel 'spring, well'.