uilos
noun. white flower like a star
uilos
place name. Ever-snow
Sindarin name for Mount Q. Oiolossë (PE17/26), usually appearing in the fuller name Amon Uilos. It is a combination of ui “ever” and loss “snow”.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, this name first appeared as (rejected) N. Guilos from the root ᴹ√GEY (Ety/GEY), revised to Uiloss from the root ᴹ√EY (Ety/EY) and finally N. Uilos from the root ᴹ√OY (Ety/OY), with essentially the same derivation as its later Sindarin name.
uilos
'Everwhite/snowy'
topon. 'Everwhite/snowy', Mount Everwhite, a name of the Great Moutain of Aman, highest mountain in the world, the _Tániquetil _in the centre of the Pelóri. Q. Oiolosse. >> Fanuilos
uilos
noun/adjective. always white, ever white as snow
uilos
noun/adjective. a small white everlasting flower also called simbelmynë or "evermind"
uilos
noun. ever-white snow
#ui (stem of uireb “eternal”) + loss (“snow”) Final s in loss is dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].
fanuilos
proper name. Bright (Angelic) Figure upon Uilos
A title of Elbereth appearing in the poem A Elbereth Gilthoniel (LotR/238) and Sam’s related invocation for her aid (LotR/729). This name is a combination of the elements fân “cloud; bright thing”, ui “ever” and loss “snow, snow-white”.
Possible Etymology: In his notes in the song-cycle The Road Goes Ever On, Tolkien translated the name as “bright spirit clothed in ever-white” (RGEO/63), but elsewhere his translation referred to the mountain Uilos: “Figure (bright and majestic) upon Uilos” (PE17/26) or to snow: “Bright angelic figure ever-white (as snow)” (PE17/180). No doubt the final element of this name at least alluded to the snowy mountain of Valinor where Elbereth made her home.
The initial element fân is similarly complicated to translate. In ordinary Sindarin speech the word had come to mean “cloud”, but its meaning was also influenced by Q. fana “(radiant) figure”, a term used for the bodily forms assumed by the Valar (RGEO/66, PE/173-6). It is this second meaning that applies to this name.
Fanuilos
'Figure upon Uilos'
theon.'Figure (bright and majestic) upon Uilos'. It is not clear whether fanui- is the adjective fanui 'cloudy' or the name should be devised fan-uilos (PE17:26).
amon uilos
place name. Hill of Ever-snow
The Sindarin name of the mountain Q. Oiolossë (S/37). The first element is amon “hill” and the second element Uilos “Ever-snow” is the cognate of its Quenya name.
Conceptual Development: The earliest form of this name was N. Amon Uilas with an a corresponding to earlier ᴹQ. Ialasse (SM/81), but it was revised to N. Amon Uilos in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/210). This form of the name also appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/OY).
uilos
oioloss
Ë (”Ever-white”) Uilos (name of Mount Taniquetil, or its upper part)
uilos
oiolossë
(name of Mount Taniquetil, or its upper part)
uilos
always snow-white
Uilos (name of Mount Taniquetil, or Oiolossë)
uilos
always snow-white
(name of Mount Taniquetil, or Oiolossë)
Amon Uilos
Amon Uilos (name)
Amon Uilos
taniquetil
Amon Uilos
fain
noun/adjective. white
fain
noun/adjective. cloud
glân
adjective. white, [bright shining] white; [N.] clear; [G.] pure, †bright; [ᴱN.] clean
nim
white
_adj. _white. >> Nimbrethil
nim
white
nim
adjective. white
silivren
adjective. (white) glittering
faen
white
(radiant). No distinct pl. form.
fain
white
; no distinct pl. form.
gloss
white as snow, dazzling white
(in compounds -los), lenited ’loss; pl. glyss.
glân
white
1) glân (clear), lenited lân, pl. glain. (UT:390, VT45:13). Note: a homophone means ”hem, border”. 2) nimp (nim-) (pale); no distinct pl. form. 3) faen (radiant). No distinct pl. form. 4) fain; no distinct pl. form.
glân
white
(clear), lenited ’lân, pl. glain. (UT:390, VT45:13). Note: a homophone means ”hem, border”.
nimp
white
(nim-) (pale); no distinct pl. form.
silivren
glittering white
(lenited hilivren; pl. *silivrin**). *Verb
ui
always
ui (ever); also used as adj. ”everlasting, eternal”.
ui
always
(ever); also used as adj. ”everlasting, eternal”.
A flower in Middle-earth about which Tolkien said “like stars bloomed the white flowers of uilos, the Evermind” (UT/49). Elsewhere Evermind was the translation of the Rohanese flower name simbelmynë (LotR/507), so uilos may be its Elvish name but with a different meaning. This word also appears in Amon Uilos, the Sindarin name of Oiolossë “Ever (Snow) White” (S/37). Thus uilos seems to be a combination of ui “ever” and either loss “snow” or gloss “white”.