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  • noun fantasy An imaginary silvery metal of great strength and value.

Etymologies

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Created by J. R. R. Tolkien from his constructed language Sindarin: mith (“grey”) + ril (“glitter”).

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Examples

  • It was of silver-steel which the elves call mithril, and with it went a belt of pearls and crystals.

    The Hobbit Tolkien, J. R. R. 1938

  • There are shrines and rituals to tend to, and the strange occurrances at the mithril mine need attention.

    Kederan is coming nathreee 2010

  • Greedy dwarves, who explore the depths of Middle-earth in search of gold and mithril, insist on fair pay for dangerous work, but their avarice and willingness to renegotiate contracts at the edge of a battle-axe don't make them reliable union members.

    Workers of Middle-earth, unite! Michael D.C. Drout 2010

  • There are shrines and rituals to tend to, and the strange occurrances at the mithril mine need attention.

    Kederan is coming nathreee 2010

  • A series of loosely connected essays cover such topics as dragons, the biology and culture of Orcs, drowned continents, Elvish longevity, mithril, giant elephants and giant spiders.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Carla 2009

  • Exotic materials such as yttrium silver (a metallic compound that manages to be both ductile and strong at the same time) and lithium niobate (which does all manner of weird things to light) are fascinating regardless of whether they might be some sort of real-world equivalents of mithril or the palantirs.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Carla 2009

  • There are 37 coal rocks and 5 mithril rocks in the mine.

    Runescape Money Making Mining Guide For Different Level 2009

  • One thing about LOTR is that the “currency” is gold and gems and mithril.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Review of the New Star Trek Movie: 2009

  • Now, go buy a mithril pickaxe from Nurmof with the runescape money you've earned and use it to mine iron rocks in the southern portion of the Falador mine (low level miners mine here).

    Runescape Money Making Mining Guide For Different Level 2009

  • You can continue to mine coal or runescape gold, but you can also mine mithril rocks that sell for 400 each on the forums.

    Runescape Money Making Mining Guide For Different Level 2009

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  • Also mithríl (I think). (Maybe not.) Not to be confused with the Greek cheese mizithra. More info here. (or click the Wikipedia link)

    January 20, 2009