ilon

noun. sky

A word for “sky” in an early name list from the 1910s and appearing in a couple early names: G. Thlim Quing Ilon “✱Folk of the Heavenly Arc” and G. Cris o Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” (PE13/101, 104), the latter revised to G. Cris Ilbranteloth (LT2/202). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, however, G. Ilon was the name of Ilúvatar (GL/50).

ilon

masculine name. Ilúvatar, God

ilathon

masculine name. Lord for Always

thlim quing ilon

collective name. *Folk of the Heavenly Arc

Name for the people of Egalmoth in an early name list (PE13/104), a combination of thlim “race”, cwing “bow” [arc] and ilon “sky”, with quing ilon “sky bow” = “rainbow” as in Cris a Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof”. Egalmoth’s people were called the “they of the Heavenly Arc” on LT2/173.

cris a teld quing ilon

place name. Gully of the Rainbow Roof

cris ilbranteloth

place name. Gully of the Rainbow Roof

luithon

noun. sky

A word for “sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. lui “blueness” (GL/55).

dai

noun. sky