glae
noun. grass
Derivations
- √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish”
glae(gal)
noun. light (as an ethereal substance), light (as an ethereal substance), *photons
A word for light as an ethereal substance (“✱photons”), the equivalent of Q. linquë though of different origin (NM/283); see the Quenya entry for further discussion. It appeared in the forms glae and glaegal, the former derived from the root √GLAY (perhaps a variant of √GAL “light”), and the latter probably √GLAY + √KAL.
Conceptual Development: A similar form ᴱN. glaiw “light” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/144).
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √glay > glae [glai] > [glae] ✧ NM/283 Variations
- glae ✧ NM/283
- glaegal ✧ NM/283
glae
grass
glae (i **lae), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glae**).
glae
grass
(i ’lae), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glae).
thâr
stiff grass
pl. thair if there is a pl; coll. pl. tharath.
A word for “grass” reported by Lisa Star from notes associated with The Lord of the Rings appendices, in unpublished material from the Marquette collection (TT17/33). It may be derived from an elaboration of the root √LAY which had other-plant related derivatives.