Noldorin 

ungoliant

feminine name. Gloomweaver

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Ungoliante “Gloomweaver” ✧ SMI/Ungoliant

Variations

  • Ungoliant(e) ✧ WRI/Ungoliant(e)
Noldorin [Ety/UÑG; LRI/Ungoliantë; LT1I/Ungoliant; RSI/Ungoliant; SM/091; SMI/Ungoliant; TII/Ungoliant; WR/196; WRI/Ungoliant(e)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

ungoliante

feminine name. Gloomweaver

Cognates

  • N. Ungoliant “Gloomweaver” ✧ SMI/Ungoliant

Elements

WordGloss
ungo“cloud, dark shadow”
liante“spider, spider, [ᴱQ.] tendril, vine”

Variations

  • Ungoliantë ✧ Ety/DYEL; LR/230; LRI/Ungoliantë; RSI/Ungoliant; SMI/Ungoliant
  • Ungweliante/Ungoliante ✧ Ety/UÑG
Qenya [Ety/DYEL; Ety/SLIG; Ety/UÑG; LR/230; LRI/Ungoliantë; RSI/Ungoliant; SMI/Ungoliant] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gwerlum

feminine name. Gloomweaver

Cognates

  • Eq. Wirilóme “Gloomweaver” ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum; LT1/152; PE13/103

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GWERE “whirl, twirl, twist” ✧ GL/46

Variations

  • Gwerlom ✧ PE13/103
Gnomish [GL/43; GL/46; GL/58; LT1/152; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum; PE13/103; PE15/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

ungoliont

feminine name. Gloomweaver

Variations

  • Ungoliant ✧ LBI/Ungoliant; SM/016
Early Noldorin [LBI/Ungoliant; SM/016] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

wirilóme

feminine name. Gloomweaver

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).

Changes

  • Kangalōma/Lomiwindewirilōme ✧ PE13/103

Cognates

  • G. Gwerlum “Gloomweaver” ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum; LT1/152; PE13/103

Elements

WordGloss
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
Early Quenya [GL/46; LT1/152; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum; LT1I/Wirilómë; LT2I/Wirilómë; PE13/103; QL/103; SMI/Wirilómë] Group: Eldamo. Published by