lissë adj. "sweet" (Nam, RGEO:66); also noun "sweetness", used metaphorically for "grace" (VT43:29, VT44:18); in this sense the word may be compounded as #Erulissë, q.v. Genitive lissëo in VT44:18. - In the entry LIS in the Etymologies, Tolkien originally gave lissë as the noun "honey", but then changed it to lis with stem liss- (VT45:28)
Quenya
-lissë
-lissë
lissë
sweet
lissë
adjective. sweet
lissë
noun. grace
lissë miruvóreva mí oromardi
of sweet nectar in the high-halls
The 4th phrase of the prose Namárië. Tolkien altered the text from the poetic version as follows:
> mi oromardi lissë miruvóreva >> lissë miruvóreva mí oromardi
Tolkien moved the possessive element lissë miruvóreva “of sweet nectar” forward in the prose version so that it immediately follows the noun it modifies, namely the lintë yuldar “swift draughts” of the previous line. Thus “swift draughts of sweet mead” as in the English translation of the poem.
mi oromardi lissë miruvóreva
of the sweet mead in lofty halls
Fourth line @@@
-lissë or -lissen ending for partitive pl. locative (Plotz); see -li