_ pref. _sunshine.
Sindarin
auth
noun. a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition
auth
noun. dim shape, spectral or vague apparition
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶aw’tha > auth [awtʰa] > [autʰa] > [auθa] > [auθ] ✧ VT42/09
cant
noun. shape, shape; [N.] outline
Derivations
- √KAT “shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make”
Element in
dagor
noun. battle
dagor
noun. battle
Derivations
- √NDAK “hew, slay, slay; hew” ✧ SA/dagor
Element in
- S. Dagor Aglareb “Glorious Battle” ✧ S/115
- S. Dagor Arnediad “Battle of Unnumbered Tears”
- S. Dagor Bragollach “Battle of Sudden Flame” ✧ S/151
- S. Dagor Dagorath “*Battle of All Battles”
- S. Dagorlad “Battle-plain” ✧ S/292
- S. Dagorlind “Singer in Battle”
- S. Dagor-nuin-Giliath “Battle-under-Stars” ✧ S/106
- ᴺS. dagras “slaughter”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ndak- > dagor [ndakro] > [dakro] > [dakr] > [dagr] > [dagor] ✧ SA/dagor Variations
- Dagor ✧ S/106; S/115; S/151; S/292
glaw
noun. sunshine, sunshine; [N.] radiance
Derivations
- √LAW “flourish (green), grow, flourish (green), grow, [ᴹ√] abound; warm” ✧ PE17/159
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LAW > glaw- [glaw] > [glau] ✧ PE17/159 Variations
- glaw- ✧ PE17/159
glaw-
prefix. sunshine
fain
dim
adj. dim, dimmed (applied to dimmed or fading lights or to things seen in them); filmy, fine-woven, etc. (applied to things that only partially screened light, such as a canopy of young still half-transparent leaves, or textures that veiled but only half-concealed a form).
fân
shape
_n._shape, with the added notion of light and whiteness. It was thus often used where we might use 'a vision' (of something beautiful and sublime). Q. fana-. Tolkien notes that "Yet being elvish, though it may be used of things remote, it has no implication either of uncertainty or unreality" (PE17:26). In the name Fanuilos of Elbereth, the Fân was the vision of majesty of Elbereth upon the mountain where she dwelt.
auth
dim shape
auth (spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
dim shape
auth (spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle". DARK SHAPE, see .
auth
spectral or vague apparition
auth (dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
spectral or vague apparition
(dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
war
auth (battle), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
war
(battle), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
battle
(war), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
apparition
(spectral or vague apparition) auth (dim shape), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
apparition
(dim shape), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
dim shape
(spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
vague or spectral apparition
auth (dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
vague or spectral apparition
(dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
maeth
battle
(i vaeth) (fight), no distinct pl. except with article (i maeth).
gwathra
dim
(verb) gwathra- (i **wathra, in gwathrar**) (overshadow, veil, obscure)
gwathra
dim
(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (overshadow, veil, obscure)
gwâth
dim light
(i ’wâth; construct gwath) (shadow, shade), pl. gwaith (in gwaith) (UT:261);
cant
shape
(noun) cant (i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i **chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint**; see SHADOW.
cant
shape
(i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint; see SHADOW.
gwathren
dim
(adj.) gwathren (shadowy), lenited wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);
gwathren
dim
(shadowy), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);
dagor
battle
(noun) 1) dagor (i nagor, o ndagor), analogical pl. degyr (i ndegyr), coll. pl. dagorath. Archaic dagr, so we might have expected dagrath as the coll. pl.; dagorath would be an analogical formation. 2) (battle of two or a few, not a general host) maeth (i vaeth) (fight), no distinct pl. except with article (i maeth). 3) auth (war), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
dagor
battle
(i nagor, o ndagor), analogical pl. degyr (i ndegyr), coll. pl. dagorath. Archaic dagr, so we might have expected dagrath as the coll. pl.; dagorath would be an analogical formation.
dagra
battle
(verb, "do battle, make war") dagra- (i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
dagra
battle
(i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
dagra
make war
(do battle) (i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
echad
shape
(verb) echad- (i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)
echad
shape
(i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)
hûl
cry of encouragement in battle
(i chûl, o chûl, construct hul), pl. huil (i chuil)
A word (or word element) appearing in linguistic notes from the late 1950s as glaw- “sunshine”, a derivative of the root √LAW (PE17/159). A similar word N. glaw “radiance” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, but this word was derived from primitive ᴹ✶g’lā based on the root ᴹ√GAL, a Noldorin-only variant of the root ᴹ√KAL “shine” (Ety/KAL).
Conceptual Development: Possible earlier precursors to this word include ᴱN. glarw “ray, radiance” from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/144) and G. glaros “glare, blaze, splendour” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/39), the latter probably related to the early root ᴱ√KALA “shine golden” (QL/44); see that entry for discussion.