Early Quenya
wirilóme
feminine name. Gloomweaver
Changes
Kangalōma/Lomiwinde→ wirilōme ✧ PE13/103Cognates
- G. Gwerlum “Gloomweaver” ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum; LT1/152; PE13/103
Elements
Word Gloss GWIÐI “*plait, weave” lóme “dusk, gloom, darkness; shadow, cloud” Variations
- Wirilòme ✧ GL/46
- Wirilómë ✧ LT1/152; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum; LT1I/Wirilómë; LT2I/Wirilómë; SMI/Wirilómë
- wirilōme ✧ PE13/103
- Kangalōma/Lomiwinde ✧ PE13/103 (
Kangalōma/Lomiwinde)- ’Wirilōme ✧ QL/103
Another name for Ungweliante (S. Ungoliant) in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/152), a combination of some form of the root ᴱ√GWIÐI having to do with weaving and lóme “gloom”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Gwerlum).