galad

noun. light

galadhor

proper name. Galadhor

A name appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, possibly containing galadh “tree” (Ety/GALA, GALAD).

galador

masculine name. Galador

galadriel

feminine name. Galadriel

galadhon

masculine name. Galadhon

galadhrien

feminine name. Tree-lady

An early name for S. Galadriel appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s as a combination of galadh “tree” and the lenited form of rhien “lady” (TI/249). There were also (rejected) variants Rhien and Galdri(e)n.

Conceptual Development: Tolkien soon changed her name to Galadriel (TI/246), but it likely that at this early stage, her name still included galadh “tree”, since Tolkien often represented [ð] with “d” instead of “dh” in Lord of the Rings drafts: compare N. Caradras with S. Caradhras. The derivation of Galadriel’s name from S. galad “light” is probably a later innovation.

galadlevnar

proper name. Week of the Trees

Name of a holiday week in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LEP), a combination of galadh “tree” and the lenited form of lhevnar “week” (EtyAC/LEP).

galadh

noun. tree

galadloriel

proper name. Golden Rain

calad

noun. light

galadrim

collective name. Tree-folk

calad

gerund noun. light

gala-

verb. to grow

galadh

noun. tree

caras galadon

place name. Caras Galadon

gal-

prefix. light

anaur

noun. Sun

anor

noun. Sun

blâb

verb. (he) flaps, beats

The Etymologies seem to list this word as a noun, but it is clearly the third person singular of the verb

edhel

noun. Elf

gail

noun. bright light

glaur

noun. golden light (of the golden tree Laurelin)

glaw

noun. radiance

glaw

noun. radiance

glawar

noun. sunlight, radiance (of the golden tree Laurelin)

glor-

noun. golden light (of the golden tree Laurelin)

golodh

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

gwî

noun. net, web

lhammas

noun. account of tongues

lhâf

verb. (he) licks

lhôd

verb. (he) floats

orn

noun. (any large) tree

orn

noun. tree

orthor

verb. (he) masters, conquers

osgar

verb. (he) cuts, amputates

síla

verb. (he) shines white

sôg

verb. (he) drinks

thia

verb. it appears

tôg

verb. (he) leads, brings

tôl

verb. (he) comes

According to WJ/301, the expression tôl acharn "vengeance comes" was later changed to tûl acharn by Tolkien