Primitive elvish

glim

root. gleam, glint

A Sindarin-only root glossed “gleam, glint” Tolkien coined to explain the name Maeglin (PM/337). Tolkien said it was used “usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light ... particularly applied to light of eyes”.

Derivatives

  • S. glîn(n) “gleam, glint” ✧ WJ/337
  • S. glintha- “to glance (at)” ✧ WJ/337

Variations

  • glim ✧ WJ/337
Primitive elvish [WJ/337] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ōma

noun. voice

Derivatives

  • Q. óma “voice, resonance of the vocal chords, vowel” ✧ PE17/076

Element in

  • ᴺS. úvae “vowel; vocalic”
Primitive elvish [PE17/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by