Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

silqe

noun. tress of hair; (glossy) hair

A word for “glossy hair” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√SḶKḶ (QL/86), also mentioned with the same gloss in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/86). The word also appeared under the root ᴱ√SILI with the gloss “tress of hair”, but there it was marked with a “?” indicating uncertainty on Tolkien’s on which root was the basis of the word (QL/83).

It appeared in a list of body parts from the 1920s as a general word for “hair” (PE14/117). It also appeared in a vocabulary list for drafts of the ᴱQ. Earendel poem towards the end of the 1920s, with the gloss “tress” (PE16/100). It appeared as an element in the word ᴱQ. silqelosseën “with blossom-white hair” in the final version of the poem (MC/216). There is no sign of this word after that point.

Early Quenya [PE14/117; PE16/100; PME/086; QL/031; QL/035; QL/053; QL/083; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

silqelossea

adjective. with hair like white flowers

A word glossed “with hair like white flowers” from a vocabulary list in drafts of the ᴱQ. Earendel poem written towards the end of the 1920s; it was a combination of ᴱQ. silqe “hair” and ᴱQ. losse “white-flower” (PE16/100). It appeared in the nominative plural form ᴱQ. silqelosseën “with blossom-white hair” in the final version of the poem (MC/216).

Early Quenya [MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

silqeléni

noun. silver birch, (lit.) long tresses

A word for a “silver-birch” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. silqe “tress of hair” and -léni “long”, hence more literally “[lady of] long tresses” (QL/53, 83; PME/83).

Early Quenya [PME/083; QL/053; QL/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by

silqeléna

adjective. having tresses

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s for “having tresses”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. silqeléni “long tresses” (QL/83).

Early Quenya [QL/083] Group: Eldamo. Published by