Quote:
Originally Posted by Galin
Anyway you did say HME V but gave the name of HME IV, throwing Jallanite off I'm guessing.
|
It was obvious from Christopher Tolkien’s note on
The War of the Jewels, page 242, that all supposed earlier mentions of Meril in HoME are bogus as Christopher Tolkien states that this Meril, Felagund’s wife, is first mentioned here. I accordingly ignored all the supposed earlier references as erroneous.
The mention of Meril was believed by Christopher Tolkien to have been made after
The Lord of the Rings which was good enough for me. That the name is Sindarin would be normal, as most names in the published
Silmarillion are Sindarin. Phonetically the name could be either a Quenya or Sindarin form.
You are quite right that J. R. R. Tolkien seems to have later blanked the name, unless Meril is mentioned in some source that Christopher Tolkien has not reproduced.