S. Mereth Aderthad pn. “Feast of Reuniting”
A feast held by Fingolfin for the Elves of Beleriand, translated as “Feast of Reuniting” (S/113), a combination of mereth “feast” and aderthad “reuniting” (SA/mereth).
Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as N. Mereth Aderthad “Feasts and Games of Reuniting” in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/329). In The Etymologies, the noun N. mereth was rejected and replaced by bereth² (Ety/MBER), but as pointed out by Christopher Tolkien, the noun was never changed in the narratives, so Tolkien likely reverted this change.
References ✧ LT1I/Mereth Aderthad; S/113; SA/mereth; SI/Mereth Aderthad; WJI/Mereth Aderthad
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| mereth | “feast” | ✧ S/113; SA/mereth |
| aderthad | “reuniting” | ✧ S/113 |
N. Mereth Aderthad pn. “Feast of (Games and) Reuniting”
References ✧ Ety/MBER; LR/126, 253; LRI/Mereth Aderthad; SM/329; SMI/Mereth Aderthad
Glosses
Elements
| bereth² | “feast, festival” | ✧ Ety/MBER (mereth) |
| aderthad | “reuniting” | ✧ Ety/MBER |