S. mereth n. “feast” (Category: Festival, Holiday)
A word for “feast” as an element in names like Mereth Aderthad “Feast of Reuniting” (S/113) and Merethrond “Great Hall of Feasts” (LotR/975).
Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s first had N. mereth “feast, festival” under the root ᴹ√MER, but these were revised to N. bereth and ᴹ√MBER (Ety/MBER). However, as pointed out by Christopher Tolkien his father retained mereth in the later narratives.
The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. dulwen “feast” based on a (hypothetical) early root ᴱ√DULU having to do with dining (GL/31).
References ✧ S/113; SA/mereth
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| -th | “abstract noun” |
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N. bereth² n. “feast, festival” (Category: Festival, Holiday)
References ✧ Ety/MBER
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| ᴹ√MBER > bereth | [mberette] > [mberettʰe] > [mbereθθe] > [bereθθe] > [bereθθ] > [bereθ] | ✧ Ety/MBER |
| ᴹ√MER > mereth | [merette] > [merettʰe] > [mereθθe] > [mereθθ] > [mereθ] | ✧ Ety/MBER |