Meren adj. festive, gay, joyous Ety/372 The word was changed to beren in the Etymologies, but meren would be restored together with mereth
mereth n. feast, festival Ety/372, S/434 The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)
meril n. rose (flower) SD/129-31
merilin (N. mњrilind) n. nightingale Ety/394, X/ND4 mфr+lind,
mesg (N. mesc) adj. wet Ety/373
meth n. end Ety/373
methed n. end UT/452
methen adj. end, final Ety/373, VT/45:34
¶ miaug n. tomcat
¶ miaulin n. queen (cat)
mib- v. to kiss
mоdh n. dew Ety/373
mоl n. love, affection Ety/372
milbar n. dear home, place returned to after travelling, place of one's birth (PE/17)
mill n. oil (Q. millo)
milui adj. friendly, loving, kind Ety/372
miluias n.abst.of milui friendliness, kindliness
mimp adj. num. card. eleven PE/17:95
min prep. in the, between (referring to a gap, space, barrier or anything intervening between two other things) Minhiriath LotR/Map, VT/47:11,14
mоn I pron.poss. 1st pl. our VT/44:21,22,28
mоn II (N. min) adj. num. card. one (first of a series) Ety/373, VT/42:24-25, VT/48:6
mina prep. into (mi+na)
†minai (N. minei) adj. single, distinct, unique Ety/373, X/EI
minas n.abst. 1. tower 2. by ext., fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower Ety/373, S/434, VT/42:24
mindon n. 1.isolated hill, especially a hill with a watch tower 2. by ext. tower Ety/373, Ety/395
minib adj. num. card. eleven VT/48:6-8
miniel n. an Elf, one of the Vanyar WJ/383 min+-el "first elf"
mininor n. first day of the year (mоn+оn+aur)
minlamad n. 'first voiced' or 'first-echoing', alliterative (?) verse mode (minlamad thent/estent) UT/146, WJ/311, WJ/315 The word is not translated by Tolkien. For a discussion of its probable meaning, refer to Tolkien's Legendarium p. 121-122
minlы n. once (one time)
minna- v. to enter
minui adj. num. ord. first VT/42:10, VT/42:25
minuial n. "morrowdim", the time near dawn, when the star fade LotR/D min+uial "first twilight"
mоr n. jewel, precious thing, treasure Ety/373, LotR/E, S/434, PM/348, LB/354, RGEO/73 mirion N. n. augm..
*mнrdan n. jewel-smith S/401 mоr+tвn
mнrechor n. bracelet (mнr+echor)
mнria- v. to sparkle like a jewel (PE/17)
mirian n. piece of money, coin used in Gondor
mнriel part. sparkling like a jewel RGEO/64, LotR/II:I
Mirion n. augm. of mоr great jewel, Silmaril Ety/373 see also golovir, silevril
miruvor n. 'precious juice', a cordial made by the Elves
mist n. error, wandering Ety/373
*mista- v. to stray Ety/373
†mistad n. straying, error Ety/373, X/Z
mith I n. white fog, wet mist Ety/373
mith II adj. (pale) grey Ety/373, S/434, TC/187
*mithren adj. of grey UT/436
mithril n. true-silver, a silver-like metal LotR mith+rill "grey brilliance"
mоw adj. small, tiny, frail VT/45:35
moe adj. soft Ety/371
moeas n.abst.of moe, dough Ety/371
molif n. wrist VT/47:6 "hand-link", maw+*lif
mфr n. darkness, dark, night Ety/373, Letters/382
morben n. one of the Avari or Easterlings in Beleriand WJ/376-377 morn+pen, altered from OS *moripende
*morchant n. shadow (of objects, cast by light), dark shape S/432, VT/42:9 morn+cant "dark shape"
morgul n. black arts, sorcery, necromancy Ety/377, S/432, WJ/383, MR/350, RC/482 morn+gыl "dark magic"
morn adj. black, dark Ety/373, Letters/382, Letters/427, WJ/368, WR/113, UT/65
mornedhel n. Dark-Elf WJ/377, WJ/380 morn+edhel
*muda- v. to labour, toil Ety/373
muia- v. to whine, complain
muil n. drear Emyn Muil RC/334
muin adj. dear Ety/374
muindor n. masc. dear brother Ety/394 muin+tфr
muinthel n. fem. dear sister Ety/392 muin+thкl
mыl n. slave, thrall Ety/373
mulf n. fine flour (Q. mulma)
mыn n. womb (Q. mуna)
mund n. bull Letters/422-423
mыr n. ink (Q. mуro)
Ml n. gull WJ/379-380, WJ/418 see also gwael, maew
N
na prep. 1. with, by (also used as a genitive sign) 2. to, towards, at Ety/374, LotR/I:XII
*na- v. to be no aer i eneth lнn VT/44:21,24
nad n. thing Ety/374
nadh n. fetter
nadhor n. pasture Ety/374.
nadhras n.abst.of nadhor, pasture Ety/374
nae interj. alas Ety/375
naedhn. a wound, gash PE/19:92
naeg n. pain Ety/375
†naegra- v. to cause pain Ety/375, X/Z
†naer (noer N.) adj. sad, lamentable Ety/375, X/OE
naeras n.abst.of naer sadness
naergon n. woeful lament PM/362
naeth n. 1. biting 2.by ext. woe (gets sense of gnashing teeth in grief) Elu-naeth WJ/258, Ety/374-375
naew n. jaw Ety/374
nag- v. to bite Ety/374
naglath n. coll. of nagol, the teeth WR/122
*nagol n. tooth naglath WR/122 naglath N. n. coll.
nail (N. neil) adj. num. ord. third VT/42:25
naith pl. natsai n. any formation or projection tapering to a point: a spearhead, triangle gore, wedge, narrow promontory Ety/387, UT/282, RC/307
*nalla- v. to cry nallon LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72, Letters/278
nan (N. nand, nann) n. 1. wide grassland, land at foot of hills with many streams 2. by ext., valley Ety/374, S/435, Letters/308, VT/45:36, X/ND1