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Gloss of the hour

gladhwen

feminine name. Laughing Maiden

Variations

  • Glaðwen ✧ PM/359; PMI/Írimë

Cognates

  • Q. Lalwendë “Laughing Maiden” ✧ PM/359; PMI/Írimë

Elements

WordGloss
gladh-“to laugh, to laugh [at a joke], *guffaw”
gwend“maiden, maiden, *young woman”
Sindarin [PM/359; PMI/Írimë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Phrase of the day

          :

Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien sinomë maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta.

Elendil’s oath made upon arriving in Middle Earth, repeated by Aragorn when he assumed kingship of Gondor.

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