Bar-in-Mŷl

Bar-in-Mŷl, also known as Ras Mewrim,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Two: "The Later Quenta Silmarillion", 11: "Of Beleriand its Realms", Sheet 3 South-west, pgs. 184 (note 63 to coordinate H3), 190 (§63) was a small headland on the sea-board that lay to the south-west of Eglarest as the south-eastern bordor of Eglamar, a major region of the Falas in Beleriand.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Four: "Quendi and Eldar", B. "Meanings and use of the various terms applied to the Elves and their varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin", Sindarin, pgs. 379-80
==History==
Sometime around the Year of the Trees 1149 within the First Age,The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, "The Annals of Aman" the Falathrim under Círdan established the Falas and made many havens in Eglamar. One of these havens, Eglarest, was built on the shore north-east of Bar-in-Mŷl.
==Etymology==
Bar-in-Mŷl is a name in Sindarin meaning "Home of the Gulls", consisting of the words bâr ("dwelling;The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Four: "Quendi and Eldar", "Author's Notes to Quendi and Eldar", pg. 414 (note 26) house, home")Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pgs. 109, 164, in, the plural form of i ("the")The Lord of the Rings, pg. 299,The Nature of Middle-earth, pg. 364 and mŷl ("gulls").
Ras Mewrim is a name in Sindarin likely meaning "cape of the gulls", consisting of the word ras(t) ("cape,Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: "The Second Age", II: "Aldarion and Erendis", Notes, pg. 214 (note 6) shore"Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 27)Ras(t) on eldamo.org and mewrim, a commonUnfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: "The Third Age", II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", Notes, pg. 318-9 (note 49) class-pluralParma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 62 derived from maew ("gull") and rim ("a people of one kind or origin;Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 190 great number, host").Ras Mewrim on eldamo.org
==In other versions==
In some linguistic notes, Tolkien experimented with using maewion and maewia as the class-plural of maew before deciding to use mewrim instead.Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 97
When Tolkien first wrote Quendi and Eldar, he initially named the cape Bar-in-Gwael.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Four: "Quendi and Eldar", "Editorial Notes", pg. 418 (note 8)
The meaning of the undefined element of the name, gwael, is untold, but there are a few possibilities. It was suggested on Eldamo.org that it may be a cognate of the Quenya word vailë ("wind")Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 189 and thus may possibly be related to the Sindarin word gwae ("wind").Gwael on eldamo.org On the other hand, it was also suggested in Hiswelókë that gwael was an older Sindarin word meaning "gull".A Sindarin and Noldorin dictionary, Compiled, edited and annotated by The Sindarin Dictionary Project, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary, Edition 2.1 (formerly 1.6), Lexicon 0.993, section "G" The explanation in Hiswelókë was critiqued on Tolkien Gateway, where it was noted by a user that "the assertion that gwael means gull is based upon the assumption that when Tolkien changed the name, the meaning stayed the same".Talk:Gwael and Talk:Gwael: Differences between revisions on tolkiengateway.net
Regardless however, in a later revision on one copy of Quendi and Eldar, Tolkien briefly changed the name to Bar-i-Mŷl before translating it to "Home of the Gulls" and changing the name to the plural form: Bar-in-Mŷl.
==References==
Category:Capes
Category:Falas
Category:Sindarin names & words