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Gnomish

glair

noun. meadow

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “meadow” (GL/34). It also had an archaic variant form †lair, but Tolkien rejected this (GL/52). It was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/52).

Cognates

  • Eq. laire “meadow” ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAYA > lair[laire] > [lair]✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Variations

  • lair ✧ GL/39 (lair); GL/52 (lair); LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Gnomish [GL/39; GL/52; LT1A/Tári-Laisi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

(g)lairin

noun. *poem

Derivations

Element in

  • G. golairin “rime, rhyme; riming poem” ✧ GL/41

Variations

  • lairin ✧ GL/41 (lairin)