Q. metta n. “ending, end” (Category: End (n, temporal))
A noun for “ending” or “end” (PE17/103, 105; PE23/98, 110), most notable for its use in the phrase sinomë maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta “in this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world” (LotR/967). In one place Tolkien used it as a verb, in the phrase sínen i·anda nyarnë metta ar taina andaurenya na quanta “*with this the long tale ends and my extended long day is complete” (Minor-Doc/1955-CT). It might also be used verbally in the title of the final section of a late version of the poem The Trees of Kortirion: Mettanyë, which might mean “*I end” (LT1/43). It is clearly based on the root √MET “end”.
References ✧ LotR/967; PE17/103, 105; PE22/147; VT44/36
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ᴹQ. metta n. “ending, end” (Category: End (n, temporal))
References ✧ PE23/98, 110; SD/56
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| mettanna | allative | “to the end” | ✧ PE23/98 |
| mettan | dative | “forever, for good, [lit.] to the end” | ✧ PE23/110 |
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