bereth is Sindarin for "queen, spouse" or "supreme, sublime".[1]
Etymology
From Primitive Quendian barathî.[1]
Examples
Notes
It is unrelated to root BERÉTH ("beech, birch"). Also, it doesn't contain the feminine ending -eth.
Although Beleth is referred to as "Bereth" in Unfinished Tales, this was noted to be a mistake.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 23
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "BARATH-"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Commentary on 'Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)'", "The new genealogies of the Edain, (i) The House of Bëor," p. 232