laurelindórenan lindelorendor malinornélion ornemalin

Laurelindórenan lindelorendor malinornélion ornemalin

@@@ an Entish phrase

Elements

Word	Gloss
Laurelindórenan	“(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold”
Lindelorendor	“Singing-dream-land”
malinornë	“mallorn, (lit.) golden/yellow tree”
ornemalin	“[tree] bearing yellow flowers”

Variations

• Laurelindórinan lindelorendor malinornélion ornemalin ✧ Let/448

Laurelindórinan

valley of singing gold

Laurelindórinan noun "Valley of Singing Gold", an earlier name of Laurenandë (Lórien) (UT:253); laurelindórenan lindelorendor malinornélion ornemalin *"Goldenlight-music-land-valley music-dream-land of yellow-trees tree-yellow", Quenya elements agglutinated in Entish fashion; this supposedly means something like "the valley where the trees in a golden light sing musically, a land of music and dreams; there are yellow trees there, it is a tree-yellow land" (LotR2:III ch. 4, translated in Letters:308). The last word ornemalin is defined in as "bearing yellow flowers" in PE17:80.