lúre

noun. dark weather, bad weather

This word appeared as ᴱQ. lūre “dark weather” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√LUVU; it had a stem form of {lūri- >>} lūre- (QL/57). It also appeared as lūre in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/57).

Neo-Quenya: A similar root √LUB “shadow, darkness” appeared in Tolkien’s later writings, so I think this word can be salvaged as ᴺQ. lúrë from primitive ✱lubrĭ. If so, it would be a rare example of the ancient br not undergoing metathesis to rb, but instead vocalizing before the following voiced consonant: ✱lubrĭ > luβre > lūre.

lúrea

adjective. overcast, dark [of weather]

ᴱQ. lūrea “dark, overcast” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon as an adjectival form of ᴱQ. lūre “dark weather” (QL/57); the same form was mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “overcast, dark” (PME/57).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word might be salvaged as ᴺQ. lúrëa; see the entry on ᴺQ. lúrë for a possible revised etymology.

lúvin(a)

adjective. dark, overcast

An adjective for “dark, overcast” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LUVU (QL/57).