Gladhwen

noun. Gladhwen

laughing maiden (pure S of Lalwen); gladh- (v. “laugh”) + gwend (“girl, maiden”) S form of Quenya Lalwendë.

gladhwen

feminine name. Laughing Maiden

The Sindarin equivalent of Lalwendë, a combination of gladh- “laugh” and the suffixal form -wen of gwend “maiden” (PM/343, 359 note #29).

Cognates

• Q. Lalwendë “Laughing Maiden” ✧ PM/359; PMI/Írimë

Elements

Word	Gloss
gladh-	“to laugh, to laugh [at a joke], *guffaw”
gwend	“maiden, maiden, *young woman”

Variations

• Glaðwen ✧ PM/359; PMI/Írimë