S. mae¹, adv. and adj. “well; excellent, admirable”

References ✧ Let/308; LotR/209; PE17/16-17, 157-158, 162-163, 172

Glosses

• “excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/163.1602
• “well” ✧ Let/308.0901-1; PE17/016.1702; PE17/017.0101-1; PE17/158.0307; PE17/162.1403; PE17/157.3212 (mae)

Element In

• ⇒ S. mae govannen “well met” ✧ Let/308.0901; LotR/0209.3113; PE17/016.1006; PE17/017.0101; PE17/157.3211; PE17/158.0306

Cognates

• Q. mai “well” ✧ PE17/162.1303 (†maie)
• Q. mai-¹ “excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/163.1504; PE17/172.2402 (mai)

Derivations

• < √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ PE17/162.1314
• < ✶mai “well” ✧ PE17/016.1802 (măgē); PE17/016.1804 (maʒĕ); PE17/017.0301
  • < ✶mai “well” ✧ PE17/016.1802 (măgē)
• < √MAY “excellent, admirable; (make) art” ✧ PE17/162.1102; PE17/163.1201

Phonetic Developments

✶măgē > mae	[magē] > [mage] > [maɣe] > [mae]	✧ PE17/016.1801
✶maʒĕ > mae	[maɣe] > [mae]	✧ PE17/016.1805
✶mai > mae	[mai] > [mae]	✧ PE17/017.0201

N. mai adv. “well”

Reference ✧ RS/194 ✧ “well”

Element In

• ⇒ N. mai govannen “well met” ✧ RS/194.23065

G. mai adv. “well”

References ✧ GL/20, 52, 56

Glosses

• “well” ✧ GL/52.0906; GL/56.0701

Variations

• mai ✧ GL/20.6604; GL/52.0906; GL/56.0701
• mâ ✧ GL/20.6703
• mâ/mai ✧ GL/56.0707

Related

• mai “well” av. to mora “good” ✧ GL/56.0701
• aul “ill, badly” opposite of mai ✧ GL/20.6601

Changes

• mâ/mai >> mai “well” ✧ GL/56.0707

Element In

• ⇒ G. en nin·ista mai “I am well aware of that” ✧ GL/52.0903
• ⇒ G. maimelion “dearly beloved” ✧ GL/56.1201
• ⇒ G. maivenin “shapely” ✧ GL/56.1101
• ⇒ G. maiwest “welcome” ✧ GL/56.0901

Cognates

• ᴱQ. mande “well”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MANA