riel(lë)

noun. garlanded maiden, maiden crowned with a festive garland

A word meaning “a maiden crowned with a festive garland” (PM/347), a feminine agental form of ría or rië “garland” (NM/353; PM/347; PE17/182). Most notably it is an element in the Quenya name of Galadriel: Altáriel.

Derivations

• √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ PM/347; SA/kal

Element in

• Q. Altáriel “Galadriel” ✧ SA/kal
• Q. Naltariel “Galadriel” ✧ PM/347

Elements

Word	Gloss
rië	“garland, [ᴹQ.] crown, [Q.] garland”
-llë	“feminine agent”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√RIG > riellë	[rigelle] > [riɣelle] > [rielle]	✧ PM/347
√rig- > riel	[rigel] > [riɣel] > [riel]	✧ SA/kal

Variations

• riellë ✧ PM/347
• riel ✧ SA/kal

riel

garlanded maiden

riel (*riell-) noun "garlanded maiden" (SA:kal-), full form riellë noun "a maiden crowned with a festival garland" _(PM:347). _In Altariel, Altariellë. Compare rië.