angalailin

place name. Mirrormere

A Quenya name for Mirrormere (S. Nen Cenedril) appearing in notes from 1968 (NM/353). It is a compound of angal “mirror” and ailin “lake”. In earlier iterations these notes, Tolkien gave the name as {Angal-mille >>} Angal-limpe (NM/350, 353).

Changes

• Angal-mille → Angal-limpe ✧ NM/350

Elements

Word	Gloss
angal	“mirror, mirror, *reflective surface”
ailin	“a large lake, (large) lake, [ᴹQ.] pool”

Variations

• Angal-limpe ✧ NM/350
• angalailin ✧ NM/353
• Angal-mille ✧ NM/353 (Angal-mille)