topon. 'Dreamflower', the land of Galadriel. Pure S. Lothlýrian/Lothlúrien. >> loth
Quenya
Lórien
lórien
Sindarin
Lothlórien
'Dreamflower'
lothlórien
place name. Dreamflower, (lit.) Lórien of the Blossom
The full name of Lórien, loosely translated by Treebeard as “Dreamflower” (LotR/467), more accurately “Lórien of the Blossom” (RC/300). This name is a combination of loth “flower” with its shorter name Lórien (SA/loth, PE17/48). The translation “Dreamflower” alluded to the Quenya name that inspired it: Q. Lórien “✱Dream Lands” (PE17/48).
Conceptual Development: This name was already N. Lothlórien when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/218). In his Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien indicated that the pure Sindarin form of the name would have been Lothlwerian(d), plural Lothlwerien(d), if it were derived from the sense “gold” as its Nandorin name Lórinand and it would have been Lothlýrian, plural Lothlúrien, if it were derived from the sense “dream” as the Quenya name Lórien (PE17/48).
Elements
Word Gloss loth “flower, single blossom; inflorescence, head of small flowers” Lórien “*Golden Lands” Variations
- Loth-lórien ✧ NM/351
- Lothlwerian(d) ✧ PE17/048
- Lothlýrian ✧ PE17/048
Lothlúrien
'Dreamflower'
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Lothlýrian
'Dreamflower'
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Lothlórien
Lothlórien
luien
lórien
(suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” Lhuien)
Noldorin
lothlórien
place name. Lothlórien
Elements
Word Gloss lhoth “flower(s)” Lórien
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Qenya
lórien
proper name. Lórien
Cognates
- N. Lhuien ✧ Ety/LOS
Derivations
- ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/LOS
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LOS > Lórien [lōsien] > [lōzien] > [lōrien] ✧ Ety/LOS
Middle Primitive Elvish
olosphantur
masculine name. Lórien
Derivations
- ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
Derivatives
- N. Olfannor “Lord of Dream-cloud” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
- On. Olophantur ✧ EtyAC/ÓLOS
Variations
- Olo(s)-fantur ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
- olosph- ✧ EtyAC/ÓLOS
Lemberin
lórien
place name. Lórien
Element in
- N. Lothlórien
Lórien (from lor-, q.v.), place-name also used as the name of a Vala, properly the place where he dwells, whereas his real name is Irmo (WJ:402, LOS (ÓLOS, SPAN) ). Alternative forms Lorien (with a short o) and Lorion, MR:144.