Mithe was a body of water in the Shire, the outflow of the Shirebourn river.
At the Mithe there was a landing-stage called Mithe Steps,[1] from which a lane ran to Deephallow and so on to the Causeway road that went through Rushey and Stock.[2]
Etymology
Andreas Möhn has suggested that Mithe means "Place where two streams meet", derived from Old English mūþ or ġemȳþ "river-mouth, meeting of streams". Möhn adds that Mithe "is evidently related to 'mouth' and probably a derivative surviving in English place-names".[3] The name is probably unrelated to the Middle English verb mithen which meant to hide, conceal or avoid.[source?]
Portrayal in adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- The river Shirebourn itself is currently inaccessible, as the Southfarthing of the Shire is not present in the game. The Mithe however can be accessed from the Bree-land side.