Quenya 

Lórien

lórien

Lórien (from lor-, q.v.), place-name also used as the name of a Vala, properly the place where he dwells, whereas his real name is Irmo (WJ:402, LOS (ÓLOS, SPAN) ). Alternative forms Lorien (with a short o) and Lorion, MR:144.

Sindarin 

Lothlórien

'Dreamflower'

topon. 'Dreamflower', the land of Galadriel. Pure S. Lothlýrian/Lothlúrien. >> loth

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:48] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

lothlórien

place name. Dreamflower, (lit.) Lórien of the Blossom

The full name of Lórien, loosely translated by Treebeard as “Dreamflower” (LotR/467), more accurately “Lórien of the Blossom” (RC/300). This name is a combination of loth “flower” with its shorter name Lórien (SA/loth, PE17/48). The translation “Dreamflower” alluded to the Quenya name that inspired it: Q. Lórien “✱Dream Lands” (PE17/48).

Conceptual Development: This name was already N. Lothlórien when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/218). In his Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, Tolkien indicated that the pure Sindarin form of the name would have been Lothlwerian(d), plural Lothlwerien(d), if it were derived from the sense “gold” as its Nandorin name Lórinand and it would have been Lothlýrian, plural Lothlúrien, if it were derived from the sense “dream” as the Quenya name Lórien (PE17/48).

Elements

WordGloss
loth“flower, single blossom; inflorescence, head of small flowers”
Lórien“*Golden Lands”

Variations

  • Loth-lórien ✧ NM/351
  • Lothlwerian(d) ✧ PE17/048
  • Lothlýrian ✧ PE17/048
Sindarin [LotR/0467; LotRI/Lothlórien; LRI/Lothlórien; NM/351; PE17/048; PMI/Lothlórien; RC/300; RSI/Lothlórien; SA/loth; SI/Lórien²; SI/Lothlórien; UT/253; UTI/Lothlórien; WJI/Lothlórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Lothlúrien

'Dreamflower'

topon. 'Dreamflower', the land of Galadriel. Pure S. of Lothlórien. >> loth, Lothlórien, Lothlýrian

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:48] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Lothlýrian

'Dreamflower'

topon. 'Dreamflower', the land of Galadriel. Pure S. of Lothlórien. >> loth, Lothlórien, Lothlúrien

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:48] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

Lothlórien

Lothlórien

Lothlórien, said to mean "Lórien of the Blossom", is a compound of Sindarin loth + Quenya Lórien "?Dream Land"). Treebeard translates the name as "Dreamflower".

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luien

lórien

(suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” Lhuien)

Noldorin 

lothlórien

place name. Lothlórien

Elements

WordGloss
lhoth“flower(s)”
Lórien
Noldorin [SDI1/Lothlórien; TII/Lothlórien; WRI/Lothlórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

lórien

proper name. Lórien

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/LOS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LOS > Lórien[lōsien] > [lōzien] > [lōrien]✧ Ety/LOS
Qenya [Ety/LOS; LRI/Lórien; SMI/Lórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

olosphantur

masculine name. Lórien

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS

Derivatives

Variations

  • Olo(s)-fantur ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
  • olosph- ✧ EtyAC/ÓLOS
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÓLOS; EtyAC/ÓLOS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Lemberin

lórien

place name. Lórien

Element in

Lemberin [PM/036; SDI1/Lórien; TII/Lórien; WRI/Lórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by