gladuial

place name. *Twilight Wood

Another name for Nan Elmoth appearing on the Silmarillion map from the 1950s (WJ/183, 188 note #48). Christopher Tolkien stated in his notes that he could not find this name anywhere else in his father’s writings, but Christopher apparently forgot that it had appeared as a rejected name in “The Lay of Leithian Recommenced” from the same period, revised to Gilammoth and finally to Nan Elmoth (LB/349). The name appears to be a combination of glad “wood” and uial “twilight”.

Changes

• Glad-uail → Glath-uail ✧ LB/349
• Glath-uail → Gilammoth ✧ LB/349
• Glath-uail → Gilammoth ✧ LBI/Glad-uail

Elements

Word	Gloss
glad	“wood”
uial	“twilight, evendim”

Variations

• Glad-uail ✧ LB/349 (Glad-uail); LBI/Glad-uail (Glad-uail)
• Glath-uail ✧ LB/349 (Glath-uail); LBI/Glad-uail (Glath-uail)