Sindarin 

blue

adj. blue. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:136] < _(s)lowā_ < (S)LOW9. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

flood

n. flood.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:96] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

noun. shallow lake, fenland

Sindarin [UT/263, VT/42:8-10] Group: SINDICT. Published by


Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:137] < *_hlaw_, _hlô_ < _slaw_, _slō _< _slōw9_< _slowā_ < SLOW flow freely (fully). Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

noun. flood, fenland

hlô

noun. flood

n. flood.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:96] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

l(h)ô

noun. flood, fenland, flood, fenland; [G.] pool, lake

A noun that served as the final element in various river names. Tolkien was uncertain whether the primitive form of this word began with simple l- or s-prefixed sl-, hence the variation between and lhô. In notes on Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien said the non-suffixal form of this word was hlô “flood” (PE17/96). In notes from 1966-67 he gave a bewildering variety of derivations for this word, but mostly represented it as lhô or hlô in various attempts to connect it to the river name S. Lhûn (PE17/136-137; VT48/27-28).

In notes on The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, while discussing the river name S. Gwathló Tolkien said:

> The element -ló was also of Common Eldarin origin, derived from a base (s)log: in Common Eldarin sloga had been a word used for streams of a kind that were variable and liable to overflow their banks at seasons and cause floods when swollen by rains or melting snow; especially such as the Glanduin (described above) that had their sources in mountains and fell at first swiftly, but were halted in the lower lands and flats. ✱sloga became in Sindarin lhô; but was not in later times much used except in river or marsh names. The Quenya form would have been hloä (VT42/9).

Tolkien rejected this etymology, however, replacing it with the following:

> was derived from Common Eldarin base LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy, etc.” The form ✱loga produced S. and T. loga; and also, from ✱logna, S. loen, T. logna “soaking wet, swamped”. But the stem in Quenya, owing to sound-changes which caused its derivatives to clash with other words, was little represented ... the Quenya form of S. would have been ✱✱loa, identical with Q. loa < ✱lawa “year”; the form of S. loen, T. logna would have been ✱✱lóna identical with [Q.] lóna “pool, mere” (VT42/10).

This final etymology appears to be the last one Tolkien wrote on the topic; later in the same document he used the form in discussions of the river name S. Ringló (VT42/13-14). As for the meaning of the word, it seems it applied both to wide rivers with a tendency to flood their banks, as well as fenlands or wetlands in general.

Conceptual Development: As an element in river names, -lo first appeared in the river names N. Gwathlo and N. Ringlo in Lord of the Rings drafts (TI/304; WR/287). G. “pool, lake” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s is possible precursor (GL/54).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I prefer the pre-1968 form of the word lhô, as this is both more distinctive and also allows us to salvage Q. hloä of similar meaning.

Changes

  • lhô ✧ VT42/09

Cognates

  • Q. hlöa “flood, fenland” ✧ VT42/09
  • T. loga “*flood, fenland” ✧ VT42/10

Derivations

  • SLOUN “*descend” ✧ PE17/136; VT48/27
  • LOW “flow freely (fully)” ✧ PE17/136; PE17/137; PE17/137; VT48/27; VT48/28
  • slowā ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28
    • LOW “flow freely (fully)” ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28
  • (s)loga “fenland” ✧ UT/263; VT42/09; VT42/10
    • LOG “wet (and soft), soaked, swampy” ✧ UT/263; VT42/09; VT42/10

Element in

  • S. Gwathló “Greyflood” ✧ PE17/136; PE17/136; PE17/137; UT/263; VT42/09; VT48/27; VT48/27; VT48/28
  • S. Lô Dhaer “Great Fen” ✧ VT42/14
  • S. Onodló “Entwash”
  • S. Ringló “Chillflood” ✧ PE17/096; PE17/136; PE17/136; PE17/137; VT42/13; VT42/14; VT48/27; VT48/27; VT48/28

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
slowā > slŏw̯ > slaw > hlaw[slowā] > [slowa] > [l̥owa] > [l̥ou] > [l̥aw]✧ PE17/137
LOWO > lawa > law[lowā] > [lowa] > [lou] > [law]✧ PE17/137
sloga > lhô[sloga] > [l̥oga] > [l̥oɣa] > [l̥oɣ] > [l̥ōɣ] > [l̥ō]✧ VT42/09
loga > [loga] > [loɣa] > [loɣ] > [lōɣ] > [lō]✧ VT42/10

Variations

  • hlô ✧ PE17/096; PE17/137; VT48/28
  • -lō ✧ PE17/096
  • slō-/(s)lō ✧ PE17/136 (slō-/(s)lō); VT48/27 (slō-/(s)lō)
  • slô ✧ PE17/136 (slô); VT48/27 (slô)
  • hlaw ✧ PE17/137; VT48/28
  • law ✧ PE17/137; PE17/137; VT48/28
  • ✧ UT/263; VT42/09; VT42/10
  • lhô ✧ VT42/09 (lhô); VT42/09 (lhô)
  • -ló ✧ VT42/13
  • ✧ VT42/14 ()
Sindarin [PE17/096; PE17/136; PE17/137; UT/263; VT42/09; VT42/10; VT42/13; VT42/14; VT48/27; VT48/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

(h)law

noun. flood

ael

noun. lake, pool, mere

Sindarin [Ety/349, S/427, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

duinen

noun. flood, high tide

Sindarin [VT/48:26] Group: SINDICT. Published by

elu

adjective. (pale) blue

Sindarin [Ety/360, X/W] Group: SINDICT. Published by

luin

adjective. blue

Sindarin [LotR (misc.), S/434, UT/390, Ety/370, VT/48:24] Group: SINDICT. Published by

luin

blue

adj. blue. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:136] < *_luini-_ blue. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

luin

jhJ5 adjective. blue

Examples: Ered luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin

Sindarin [Let/448.1013, SA/luin.001, UT/390.0701, VT48/23.1104, VT48/24.2102, VT48/28.3615] Group: Verified and confirmed. Published by

luin

adjective. blue

Cognates

  • Q. luinë “blue” ✧ SA/luin; VT48/23; VT48/28

Derivations

  • LUY “blue” ✧ VT48/23
  • luini “blue” ✧ VT48/24
    • LUY “blue” ✧ VT48/24

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
LUY > Luin[luini] > [luine] > [luin]✧ VT48/23
luini > luin[luini] > [luine] > [luin]✧ VT48/24

Variations

  • Luin ✧ Let/448; VT48/23
Sindarin [Let/448; S/162; SA/luin; UT/390; VT48/23; VT48/24; VT48/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

shallow lake

(fenland), pl. .

fenland

(shallow lake), pl.

fenland

(shallow lake), pl. ;

fenland

(shallow lake), pl.

shallow lake

(fenland), pl. .

shallow lake

(fenland), pl.

rim

cold pool or lake

; no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”crowd, great number, host”.

lâd

lowland

(valley, plain), construct lad, pl. laid

ael

lake

(aelin-, pl. aelin) (pool, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.

luin

blue

luin (no distinct pl. form, as demonstrated by the name Ered Luin ”Blue Mountains”) (VT48:24)

lîn

lake

1) lîn (pool), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #liniath (isolated from Hithliniath, WJ:194). 2) ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (pool, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin. 3) nên (water, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn**. **

lîn

lake

(pool), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #*liniath*** (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194).

nên

lake

(water, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.

nên

waterland

(water, lake, pool, stream), construct nen, pl. nîn;