rillë

brilliance

rillë noun "brilliance" (both the word and the gloss are uncertain, VT46:11)

mirilya-

glitter

mirilya- vb. "glitter" (MBIRIL)

alca-

verb. glitter

glitter

ril

brilliance

n. brilliance, esp. used of white radiation. >> mithril

aglar

brilliance

n. brilliance, glory. Q. alkar. o menel aglar elenath ! lit. 'from Firmament glory of the stars !'. aglar an|i Pheriannath  'glory to all the Halflings'.

fael

noun. gleaming brilliance (of the sun)

rill

brilliance

(construct ril) (flame, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

aglar

brilliance

1) aglar (glitter, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl. 2) galad (i ngalad = i ñalad), (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, radiance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid), 3) rill (construct ril) (flame, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

aglar

brilliance

(glitter, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

galad

brilliance

(i ngalad = i ñalad), (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, radiance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid)

fael

gleaming brilliance

. No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "fair-minded, generous, just".

ross

glitter

†ross (polished metal), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

ross

glitter

(polished metal), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

aglar

glitter

aglar (brilliance, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

aglar

glitter

(brilliance, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

ril

root. brilliant (light), brilliance, brilliant (light), brilliance, [ᴹ√] glitter

This root first appeared as ᴹ√RIL “glitter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. rilma “glittering light” and ᴹQ. rilya “glittering” (Ety/RIL), along with an extended form ᴹ√MBIRIL “✱crystal” (Ety/MBIRIL). Its most notable derivative was ᴹQ. Silmaril = ᴹQ. silma + ᴹ√RIL, an etymology Tolkien more or less retained thereafter (with ᴹQ. silma >> Q. silima); in the period of the Lost Tales from the 1910s ᴱQ. Silmaril was connected instead to ᴱQ. marilla “pearl” (LT1A/Silmarilli; QL/59). The root √RIL was mentioned several times in Tolkien’s later writtings, mostly in connection to Q. Silmaril, but also Q. Andúril, S. Idril, and S. mithril, and the root was variously glossed “brilliance” (PE17/47), “brilliant” (PE17/112), and “brilliant light” (PM/363).

Element in

• Q. Andúril “Flame of the West” ✧ PE17/047; SA/ril
• Q. Itarillë “*Sparkling Brilliance” ✧ PE17/112; PE17/112; PM/363; SA/ril
• Q. Irildë “?Beloved Brilliance” ✧ PE17/112; PE17/112
• ᴺQ. laiquaril “emerald”
• ᴺQ. serciril “ruby, (lit.) blood-glitter”
• Q. Silmaril “Great Jewel” ✧ PE17/047; PE17/112; PM/363; SA/ril
• S. Idril ✧ PE17/112; PE17/112; PE17/112; SA/ril
• S. mithril “Moria-silver, true-silver” ✧ PE17/047; SA/ril

Variations

• ril ✧ PE17/047; SA/ril
• ril- ✧ PM/363