Sindarin 

aglar

brilliance

n. brilliance, glory. Q. alkar. o menel aglar elenath ! lit. 'from Firmament glory of the stars !'. aglar an|i Pheriannath  'glory to all the Halflings'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:20-1:102:105] < *_aklar_- < KALAR < KAL shine. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aglar

noun. radiance

_n. _radiance, glory. Q. alkar. >> aglareb

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:24] < _aklar_ < KAL light. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aglar

noun. glory, brilliance, splendour, radiance

Sindarin [Let/448; LotR/0238; LotR/0953; PE17/024; PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/087; RC/421; RGEO/63; RGEO/64; RGEO/65; SA/aglar; VT47/13] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglar

noun. glory, brilliance, splendour

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/427, LotR/II:I, LotR/VI:IV, RGEO/73, ] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

adj. glorious, brilliant. Q. alcarin, alcarinqua. >> aglar

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:24] < KAL light. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aglar’ni pheriannath

glory to the halflings

Sindarin [Let/448; LotR/0953] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/427, WJ/412] Group: SINDICT. Published by

o menel aglar elenath

from heaven on high the glory of the starry host

Sindarin [LotR/0238; LotR/1028; Minor-Doc/1966-01-15; PE17/020; PE17/021; RGEO/63; RGEO/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglar

aglar

Possibly from OS aklare < PQ aklarē < root AKLA-R

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

aglar

brilliance

1) aglar (glitter, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl. 2) galad (i ngalad = i ñalad), (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, radiance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid), 3) rill (construct ril) (flame, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

aglar

glitter

aglar (brilliance, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

aglar

brilliance

(glitter, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

aglar

glitter

(brilliance, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

agar

glory

agar (brilliance, glitter), pl. eglair if there is a pl. Also claur (i glaur, o chlaur) (splendour), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

agar

glory

(brilliance, glitter), pl. eglair if there is a pl. Also claur (i glaur, o chlaur) (splendour), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

aglareb

glorious

aglareb (pl. eglerib)

aglareb

glorious

(pl. eglerib)

fael

noun. gleaming brilliance (of the sun)

Sindarin [Faelivrin LB/376, S/209-210] Group: SINDICT. Published by

galad

radiance

1a _ n. _radiance. >> Galadriel, Gil-galad

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:50] < _kalat_- radiance < GAL < KAL shine. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ril

brilliance

n. brilliance, esp. used of white radiation. >> mithril

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:47] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

claur

splendour

claur (i glaur, o chlaur) (glory), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

claur

splendour

(i glaur, o chlaur) (glory), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

fael

gleaming brilliance

. No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "fair-minded, generous, just".

galad

radiance

1) galad (i ngalad = i ñalad) (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid), 2) glaw (i **law), pl. gloe (in gloe), 3) thîl; no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. ?thiliath**.

galad

radiance

(i ngalad = i ñalad) (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid)

galad

brilliance

(i ngalad = i ñalad), (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, radiance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid)

glaw

radiance

(i ’law), pl. gloe (in gloe)

rill

brilliance

(construct ril) (flame, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

ross

glitter

ross (polished metal), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

ross

glitter

(polished metal), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

thîl

radiance

; no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. ?thiliath.

Noldorin 

aglar

noun. glory, splendour

Noldorin [Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL; PE18/036; SD/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglar

noun. glory, brilliance, splendour

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/427, LotR/II:I, LotR/VI:IV, RGEO/73, ] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglar

noun. splendour

splendour, glory

Noldorin [PE 18:36 PE 18:87] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

Noldorin [Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglar anann

*glory for long

aglareb

adjective. glorious

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/427, WJ/412] Group: SINDICT. Published by

claur

noun. splendour, glory

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glaw

noun. radiance

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glaw

noun. radiance

Telerin 

aclar

noun. glory, splendour

Quenya 

alcar

noun. radiance

radiance, splendour

Quenya [PE 18:36 PE 18:87] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

alcarinquë

proper name. Glorious

A star (S/45) or possibly the planet Jupiter (MR/435). Its name is simply the noun form of the adjective alcarin(qua) “glorious”, or possibly a feminine form as suggested by Vyacheslav Stepanov (many star names on MR/435 seem to be gendered).

Quenya [MR/435; MRI/Alkarinquë; SA/aglar; SI/Alcarinquë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-inqua

glorious

-inqua adjectival ending, seen in alcarinqua "glorious" (WJ:412) from alcar "glory". Etymologically, -inqua means "-full", like "glory-full" in this case. A variant *-unqua is implied in WJ:415 (only referred to in archaic form -unkwā). "The forms using u were mainly applied to things heavy, clumsy, ugly or bad", whereas -inqua (in the same source derived from -inkwā) is neutral.

alca-

verb. glitter

glitter

Quenya [PE 18:87] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

alcarin

glorious, brilliant

alcarin adj. "glorious, brilliant" (shorter form of alcarinqua, q.v.) (PE17:24), hence Alcarin masc. name (or title) "the Glorious", title taken by Atanatar II of Gondor, also name of one of the Kings of Númenor (Appendix A).

alcarin

proper name. Glorious

Tar-Alcarin was the 17th ruler of Númenor (LotR/1035, UT/222). His name is simply the shortened form of alcarin(qua) “glorious”. Alcarin “Glorious” was also a sobriquet for Atanatar II, the 16th king of Gondor (LotR/1038, 1045).

Quenya [LotR/1038; LotRI/Atanatar II; LotRI/Tar-Alcarin; PE17/024; PE17/114; PMI/Alkarin; UTI/Atanatar; UTI/Tar-Alcarin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alta

radiance

alta (2) noun "radiance" (VT42:32, PE17:50). Cf. variant ñalta.

alta

noun. radiance

fairë

radiance

fairë (3) noun "radiance" (PHAY)

mirilya-

verb. glitter

mirilya- vb. "glitter" (MBIRIL)

nalta

radiance, glittering reflection

nalta ("ñ")noun "radiance, glittering reflection" (from jewels, glass or polished metals, or water) (PM:347)

rillë

brilliance

rillë noun "brilliance" (both the word and the gloss are uncertain, VT46:11)

Adûnaic

aglar Speculative

noun. glory

An element of the name Aglarrâma that might be a noun meaning “glory”; see the entry for that name for further discussion.


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

aglar

noun. glory

Gnomish [GL/17; GL/39; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglar(i)ol

adjective. glorious

Gnomish [GL/17; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglath

noun. glory

galwen

noun. brilliance

Early Noldorin

aglar

noun. glory

Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglareb

noun. glorious

Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

alkar

noun. glory

Early Quenya [GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

glā

noun. radiance

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KAL; EtyAC/KAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ril

root. glitter

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MBIRIL; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

faire

noun. radiance

rille Speculative

noun. brilliance

Old Noldorin 

phaire

noun. radiance

Old Noldorin [Ety/PHAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by