lírë

song

lírë noun "song", stem #líri- in the instrumental form lírinen "in [the] song" or *"by [the] song" (Nam, RGEO:67)

lírë

noun. song

Derivations

• √LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill” ✧ PE17/067

Element in

• ᴺQ. airilírë “hymn”
• Q. ómaryo airetári-lírinen “in the song of her voice, holy and queenly” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
• Q. ómaryo lírinen airetário “in [by means of] her voice’s song, of the holy-queen” ✧ RGEO/59
• Q. lírinen ómo i·aire tário “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/076
• Q. lírinen ómo i·aire táríva “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/076
• Q. tintilar lirinen ómaryo Airë-tário ✧ PM/364

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LIR > līrĭ-	[līri] > [līre]	✧ PE17/067

Variations

• líre ✧ PE17/067

lirilla

lay, song

lirilla noun "lay, song" (LT1:258)

tindon

lay

tindon pa.t. vb? "lay" (???) (MC:220; this is "Qenya")

lindë

air, tune, singing, song

lindë noun "air, tune, singing, song" (SA:gond, (LIN2, [GLIN]); lindelorendor "music-dream-land"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... _(LotR2:III ch. 4, cf. Letters:308). _Also compare lindi- in lindimaitar, q.v. (but the other compounds here cited do not give a lindë a stem-form lindi-).

nyarna

tale, saga

nyarna noun "tale, saga" (NAR2), compounded in nyarmamaitar noun "storyteller" (PE17:163), literally *"tale-artist" (see maitar).

lindë

noun. singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune

Cognates

• S. lind “song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”

Derivations

• √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”

Element in

• ᴺQ. airalindë “hymn, (lit.) holy song”
• Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold, Singing Gold”
• Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351
• ᴺQ. lindëa “singing, *musical”
• ᴺQ. lindelin “melody, tune”
• Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
• ᴺQ. lindelos “laburnum, (lit.) singing cluster”
• Q. lindimaitar “composer, musician” ✧ PE17/163
• Q. Lindissë “*Singer (f.)”
• ᴺQ. lindista “music album”
• Q. Lindórië
• Q. lómelindë “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer”
• ᴺQ. nainalindë “dirge, (lit.) lament-song”
• ᴺQ. olindë “harmony”
• Q. Ondolindë “Rock of the Music of Water, (lit.) Singing Stone” ✧ SA/gond

cainë

lay

cainë "lay", pa.t. of caita- "lie", q.v.

lindalë

music

lindalë noun "music". Cf. Ainulindalë "Music of the Ainur". (The word is cited as lindelë in the printed Etymologies, entry LIN2, but according to VT45:27, this is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.) The word lindalë may argue the existence of a verbal stem #linda- "sing, make music".

lindalë

noun. music

Element in

• Q. Ainulindalë “Music of the Ainur” ✧ S/015
• ᴺQ. lindalëa “melodious, *musical”

Elements

Word	Gloss
linda	“beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, beautiful (of sound), sweet, melodious; soft, gentle, light, [ᴱQ.] kind; [ᴹQ.] fair”
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”

lindelë

music

lindelë noun "music" (LIN2, LT1:258 lindalë in Ainulindalë). According to VT45:27, lindelë in the printed Etymologies (entry LIN2) is a misreading for lindalë in Tolkien's manuscript.

nyárë

tale, saga, history

nyárë noun "tale, saga, history". Compounded in Eldanyárë "History of the Elves", lumenyárë "history, chronological account" (NAR2, LR:199). Compare nyarië, nyarna.

quenta

tale

quenta ("q")noun "tale" (KWET), "narrative, story" (VT39:16); Quenta Silmarillion "the Story/Tale of the Silmarils", also Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303), notice "Qenya" genitive in -n in the latter title. Quenta is also translated "account", as in Valaquenta "Account of the Valar".

vilya

air, sky

vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)

vilwa

air, lower air

[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.

wilma

air, lower air

wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)

cairë

lay

cairë _("k")_vb. "lay" (pa.t. of "lie") (MC:221; this is "Qenya" - in LotR-style Quenya cainë pa.t. of caita?) An word cairë with no clear definition appears in PE17:101; see cëa, cairë.

glind

noun. *song

glinn

noun. *song

laer

noun. song

Element in

• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow”

linn

noun. song, chant

laer

noun. song, long lay

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lind

noun. air, tune

lind

noun. song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer

Cognates

• Q. lindë “singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune”

Derivations

• √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle” ✧ PE17/027
• ✶linde “singer, singing” ✧ WJ/309
  • √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”

Element in

• S. aerlinn “*hymn, (lit.) holy song” ✧ VT44/24
• S. Dagorlind “Singer in Battle”
• S. dúlin “nightingale”
• S. Elulin
• S. Glewellin “Song of Gold”
• S. Glinnel “*Singer-elf”
• S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/14; VT50/18
• ᴺS. laeglin(n) “greenfinch”
• S. Lindedhel “Nandorin Elf”
• S. Lindel “Nando”
• S. Lindir
• S. Lindis
• S. Lindon “Land of Music”
• Ilk. Lindon “Musical Land”
• S. linna- “to sing, chant” ✧ PE17/027
• ᴺS. linnas “music”
• S. linnod “type of poetic meter, (lit.) ?seven-chant”
• ᴺS. linnor “singer”
• ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”
• S. Taeglin “*Boundary Singer” ✧ WJ/309

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LIN > lind	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [linn]	✧ PE17/027
✶linde > lin(d)	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [linn]	✧ WJ/309

Variations

• lind ✧ PE17/027
• linn ✧ PE17/027; VT44/24
• glind ✧ VT50/14
• glinn ✧ VT50/18
• lin(d) ✧ WJ/309 (lin(d))

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

narn

noun. tale, tale, [N.] saga

Derivations

• ᴹ√NYAR “tell, relate”

Element in

• S. Narn Beren ion Barahir “*Tale of Beren son of Barahir” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn en·Êl “*Tale of the Star” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·Dant Gondolin ar Orthad en·Êl “*Tale of the Fall of Gondolin and the Raising of the Star” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·Dinúviel “Tale of the Nightingale” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·mbar Hador “*Tale of the House of Hador” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn e·’Rach Morgoth “Tale of the Curse of Morgoth” ✧ MR/373
• S. Narn i Chîn Húrin “Tale of the Children of Húrin” ✧ MR/373; S/198; UT/057
• ᴺS. narphen “character [of a story]”
• S. Nern in Adanath “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373
• S. Nern in Edenedair “Legendarium of the Fathers of Men” ✧ MR/373

Variations

• Narn ✧ MR/373; S/198; SI/Narn i Hîn Húrin; UT/057

glaer

noun. tale, [N.] long lay, narrative poem, [S.] tale, song

Derivations

• √LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

Element in

• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209
• S. Glaer nia Chîn Húrin “Tale of the Children of Húrin” ✧ WJ/160

Variations

• Laer ✧ S/209
• Glaer ✧ WJ/160

gwelu

noun. air (as substance)

aerlinn

noun. (unknown meaning, perhaps a song about the sea, or possibly holy song)

glîr

song

1) glîr (i **lîr, construct glir) (poem, lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath. 2) laer (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”summer”. 3) lind (air, tune; also = singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form (WJ.309). See also HYMN regarding the word aerlinn**.

glîr

song

(i ’lîr, construct glir) (poem, lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath. 2)  laer (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”summer”. 3) lind (air, tune; also = singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form (WJ.309). See also

glaer

long lay

(i ’laer) (narrative poem), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glaer)

lind

air

3) (of music) lind (song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

lind

air

(song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

narn

tale

1) narn (saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. nern**; 2) pent (i bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i threnern); 4) gwanod (i **wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd).

narn

tale

(saga; versified tale to be spoken rather than sung), pl. *nern***; 2) pent (i** bent, o phent) (story), pl. pint (i** phint), coll. pl. pennath; 3) trenarn (i** drenarn, o threnarn) (account), pl. trenern (i** threnern); 4) gwanod (i ’wanod) (number), pl. gwenyd (in gwenyd**).

gwelu

air

2) (as substance) gwelu (i **welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw** (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely *gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

gwelu

air

(i ’welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely ✱gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

linnas

noun. music

Element in

• ᴺS. linnathren “musical”

Elements

Word	Gloss
lind	“song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”
-as	“abstract noun”

glîr

lay

glîr (i **lîr, construct glir) (poem, song), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath**;

glîr

lay

(i ’lîr, construct glir) (poem, song), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath;

gwelwen

air

1) (as a region) gwelwen (i **welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i **wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

gwelwen

air

(i ’welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i ’wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

soñ

root. *mouth

A root given as √SOŊ in notes having to do with the apparatus used for vocal sound production, with a single derivative Q. songa “mouth” as the “interior cavity behind the teeth containing tongue” (PE17/126).

Derivatives

• Q. songa “mouth (interior cavity behind the teeth containing the tongue)” ✧ PE17/126

Variations

• SOŊ ✧ PE17/126; PE17/185

lhaer

noun. song, long lay

glinn

noun. song, poem, lay

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linde “air, tune” ✧ Ety/GLIN

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIN “sing” ✧ Ety/GLIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GLIN > glinn	[glinde] > [glind] > [glinn]	✧ Ety/GLIN

Variations

• glinn ✧ Ety/GLIN (glinn)

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIR “sing, trill” ✧ Ety/GLIR; Ety/LIR¹

Element in

• ᴺS. gwalir “rhyme, rime (the two actual rhyming words), rhyming poem”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GLIR > glîr	[glir] > [glīr]	✧ Ety/GLIR
ᴹ√LIR¹ > lhîr	[lir] > [līr]	✧ Ety/LIR¹

Variations

• lhîr ✧ EtyAC/LIR¹

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

gwilith

noun. air (as a region)

narn

noun. a tale or a saga, that is told in verse to be spoken and not sung

pent

noun. tale

glaer

noun. long lay, narrative poem

Written glær (with ae-ligature) in the Etymologies, rectified here according to VT/45:15

gwelw

noun. air (as substance)

lhind

noun. air, tune

lhinn

noun. air, tune

lhinn

noun. air, tune

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linde “air, tune” ✧ Ety/LIN²

Derivations

• ᴹ✶lindē “*singing”
  • ᴹ√LIN “sing”
• ᴹ√LIN “sing” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN

Element in

• N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN
• N. Glewellin “Song of Gold”
• N. tuilinn “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LIN² > lhind > lhinn	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [l̥ind] > [l̥inn]	✧ Ety/LIN²

gwanod

noun. tale, number

gwelwen

noun. air, lower air (distinct from the upper air of the stars, or the outer)