Miruvor

Miruvórë was a mead or nectar of the Valar of which the Elves did not know the ingredients or making, though thought it was made of the honey/nectar of certain flowers in Valinor. It was poured during their festivals in Valinor.

Miruvor (the same word, in a reduced form) refers to a reviving cordial made in Rivendell, probably made basically of honey of scented flowers. Elrond gave a flask of the "Cordial of Imladris" to Gandalf before the Company of the Ring departed on their southward journey. Gandalf used this drink to revitalize themselves on Caradhras.

Other races, such as the Dúnedain and even the Orcs possessed drinks with similar properties, but ent-draught is the most potent of these cordials.

miruvor is Sindarin, taken by borrowed Quenya word miruvórë. The word was thought of as "precious juice", with a false etymology from MIR ("precious") + WOR ("exude"); the root "WOR" did not, however, exist in either Quenya or Sindarin.

The actual origin was Valarin, from the word mirubhōze, a honey wine.

The Quenya form also appears as miruvórë, explained as "a special wine or cordial".

The Quenya word lisse-miruvóreva occurs in the "Lament" sung by Galadriel in "Farewell to Lórien"; being translated as "of the sweet mead".

The invented word goes back to at least 1915. In that early phase of the legendarium, Tolkien envisioned it as derived from real-life Gothic elements *midu ("mead") + wopeis ("sweet") > miduwopi > miduwodi > misuwosi > Q. miruvore.

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