aeglos

noun. snowthorn, a plant like furze (gorse), but larger and with white flowers

aeglos

noun. icicle (a pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water)

aeglos

noun. Aeglos

snowthorn; aeg (S aegas “mountain peak, thorn”) + gloss (“snow-white”) or loss (“snow”) The final s in (g)loss is dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].

aeglos

proper name. Snow-point

Spear of Gil-galad (S/294), translated “Snow-point” (SI/Aeglos), a compound of aeg “point” and loss “snow” (SA/los). In editions of The Lord of the Rings prior to 2005, this name was spelled Aiglos (RC/231), but Tolkien commented that this was only a variant spelling for English speakers who would have difficulty distinguishing [ae] and [ai] (VT42/11). The word aeglos was also the Sindarin name for a plant, translated “snowthorn”.

Changes

• Aiglos → Aeglos ✧ VT42/11

Elements

Word	Gloss
aeg	“sharp, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing”
loss	“snow”

Variations

• Aiglos ✧ VT42/11 (Aiglos)

aeglos

noun. icicle, (lit.) snow-point; snowthorn (a plant)

A species of plant mentioned in one version of the Narn i Chîn Húrin (UT/99), translated “snowthorn” and described as “like furze (gorse), but larger, and with white flowers” (UT/148 note #14). Aeglos was also the name of the spear of Gil-galad, translated as “Icicle” in The Lord of the Rings index (LotRI/Aeglos); it is possible this word can be used for ordinary icicles as well. In the Silmarillion index, it was translated more literally as “Snow-point” (SA/Aeglos), a combination of aeg “sharp” and loss “snow”.

Conceptual Development: G. helfingl or helfin(n) was the word for “icicle” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/48), probably a combination of ᴱ√HELE “freeze” with G. fingl “tress”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
aeg	“sharp, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing”
loss	“snow”

Variations

• Aeglos ✧ LotRI/Aeglos; UT/148

aeglos

icicle

aeglos (pl. aeglys). The word is also used for a plant similar to > .

aeglos

icicle

(pl. aeglys). The word is also used for a plant similar to >

aeglos

gorse

aeglos (pl. aeglys). The relevant plant is said (in UT:148) to be similar to gorse, but larger and with white flowers. Note: the word aeglos is also used for "icicle".

aeglos

gorse

(pl. aeglys). The relevant plant is said (in UT:148) to be similar to gorse, but larger and with white flowers. Note: the word aeglos is also used for "icicle".