glewellin

proper name. Song of Gold

Sindarin cognate of Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold” appearing in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s but not in the published version of The Silmarillion (MR/155). It is a combination of Old Sindarin †glawar “gold” (PE17/61) and lind “song”, with the vowels in the initial element shifted to e because of the i in the last syllable.

Conceptual Development: The name N. Glewellin first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/210). In The Etymologies, it already had the derivation given above (Ety/LÁWAR). @@@ Glorlin

Cognates

• Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold, Singing Gold” ✧ MR/155; PE17/061

Derivations

• Os. glawar-lin ✧ PE17/061

Elements

Word	Gloss
glawar	“gold (light or colour), gold (light or colour); [N.] sunlight, radiance (of Laurelin)”
lind	“song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
Os. glawar-lin > Glewellin	[glawarlinde] > [glawallinde] > [glewellinde] > [glewellind] > [glewellinn] > [glewellin]	✧ PE17/061