angal

noun. mirror, mirror, *reflective surface

A noun for “mirror” in notes from the late 1960s, derived from primitive ✶aññala based on the root √ñal- (NM/350, 353). Another derivative of this root was ✶ñalatā “a glitter (of reflected light)” (NM/349), so perhaps this word meant “mirror” in the sense “✱reflective surface”.

cilintilla

noun. looking-glass, looking-glass, *mirror

A word for “looking-glass” in notes written in the late 1950s or early 1960s, the equivalent of but not a direct cognate to S. cenedril (PE17/37). Its initial element was Q. cilin “glass” and its final element was based on an ancient adjective ✶tirlā “looking” from √TIR “look at”.

Neo-Quenya: In notes written in the late 1960s Tolkien gave calca for “glass”, possibly rendering cilintilla obsolete. I feel that cilin and calca can coexist as words for different kinds of glass and so I retain cilintilla as “looking-glass, ✱mirror”, but if you are concerned about it you can use Q. angal for “mirror”, another word from the late 1960s.

angalailin

place name. Mirrormere

A Quenya name for Mirrormere (S. Nen Cenedril) appearing in notes from 1968 (NM/353). It is a compound of angal “mirror” and ailin “lake”. In earlier iterations these notes, Tolkien gave the name as {Angal-mille >>} Angal-limpe (NM/350, 353).

ceniril(lë)

noun. mirror

A neologism for “mirror” appearing in ABNW (ABNW) from the early 2000’s as the cognate of S. cenedril “looking-glass” (RS/456), but in notes published in 2007 Tolkien said this word had no direct cognate in Quenya, and that its equivalent was Q. cilintilla (PE17/37).

nalma

noun. reflector, mirror

A neologism for “mirror” appearing in ABNW (ABNW) from the early 2000’s derived from the root √ÑAL “shine by reflection”, but Tolkien himself had his own “mirror” word derived from this root: Q. angal published in 2021 (NM/350).

cilintilla

looking-glass

cilintilla or cilintír noun "looking-glass" (i.e. mirror?) (PE17:37)

cilin

noun. glass, glass [transluscent or reflective]

calca

glass

calca noun "glass" (VT47:35); compare hyellë, cilin.

calca

noun. glass

cilin

glass

cilin noun "glass" ("often used as in English ("often used as in English for any thing or implement made of glass") (PE17:37). Compare calca, hyellë.

cilintír

noun. looking-glass

hyellë

glass

hyellë noun "glass" (KHYEL(ES), VT45:23; the later source also provides the unglossed form hyelma, which may be a synonym of hyellë; alternatively hyellë could be "glass" as a substance, whereas hyelma_ rather refers to "a glass" as a drinking vessel). _In later sources, cilin or calca is given as the word for "glass".

maril

glass, crystal

maril noun "glass, crystal" (VT46:13; if this is to be the same word as the second element of Silmaril, the stem-form would be marill-, cf. pl. Silmarilli)

aññala

noun. mirror

kalak

root. glass

A root appearing in etymological notes from 1968 glossed “glass” with Quenya and Telerin derivatives Q./T. calca of the same meaning (VT47/35). It seems to be a late restoration of the much earlier root ᴱ√kail(i)k or ᴱ√tail(i)k that was the basis of “glass” words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s; in this early period the Qenya derivatives began with t- and the Gnomish derivatives with c- [k-] (GL/25). It may also have replaced Q. cilin (< ✱√KILIN?) from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/37). Given its Quenya/Telerin derivatives, √KALAK was probably coined in Aman as was also the case with earlier Q. cilin, since the Sindarin word for “glass” is the unrelated word S. heledh borrowed from Khuzdul (PE17/37).

singil

noun. mirror

cenedril

noun. mirror, looking-glass, (lit.) looking-crystal

A noun for “mirror” in Nen Cenedril “Mirrormere”, which Tolkien initially gave as Nen Singil (PE17/35). Tolkien said that this word meant “looking glass” or more literally “looking crystal” (PE17/37). The initial element cened clearly means “looking”, the gerund of cen- “to see”. Thus the second element -ril must be “crystal”, perhaps a reduction of bril as in Brilthor “Glittering Torrent” (S/123); in the 1930s this was an Ilkorin name whose initial element Ilk. bril meant “glass, crystal” (Ety/MBIRIL).

nen cenedril

place name. Mirrormere, (lit.) Lake Looking-glass

Sindarin name of Mirrormere, not appearing in the published version of The Lord of the Rings (PE17/35), a combination of nen “water” and cenedril “looking-glass” (PE17/47).

Conceptual Development: Tolkien first considered and rejected the name Nen Singil (PE17/35).

Nen Singil

Mirrormere

_topon. _Mirrormere. Nen Cenedril << Nen Singil. . This gloss was rejected.

cenedril

mirror

cenedril (i genedril, o chenedril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chenedril), coll. pl. cenedrillath. Literally "looking-glass" (cened + rill).

cenedril

mirror

(i genedril, o chenedril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chenedril), coll. pl. cenedrillath. Literally "looking-glass" (cened + rill).

heledh

noun. glass

heledh

noun. glass

heledh

glass

heledh (i cheledh, o cheledh), pl. helidh (i chelidh) if there is a pl.

heledh

glass

(i cheledh, o cheledh), pl. helidh (i chelidh) if there is a pl.

cenedril

noun. looking-glass, mirror

hele

noun. glass

kheled-zâram

place name. Mirrormere

kheled

noun. glass

calca

noun. glass