aelin (pl. of ael “lake, pool, mere”) + uial (“twilight”)
Sindarin
aelin
noun. lake, pool
aelin-uial
place name. Meres of Twilight
Aelin-uial
noun. lake-twilight
ael
noun. lake, pool
A noun for “lake, pool”, appearing as an element in Aeluin “✱Blue Lake” and Aelin-uial “Meres of Twilight” (S/114, 122). The latter name has its plural form aelin = “meres, ✱pools, lakes”.
Conceptual Development: This word had a long history as a cognate to Q. ailin; although the Quenya form was quite stable, the Gnomish/Noldorin/Sindarin forms went through a number of changes. The earliest iterations of this word appeared in in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as G. ail “a lake, pool” or G. ailion “lake” (GL/17). In the Gnomish Lexicon Slips the latter became {ailin >>} eilin “pool” (PE13/113). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱN. ailin “lake” with plural form ailiniath from Old Noldorin oilin (PE13/136, 158).
In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien had N. oel “pool, lake” derived from primitive ᴹ✶ailin, a combination of the root ᴹ√AY and ᴹ√LIN (Ety/AY, LIN¹). In that document, its plural form was oelin (Ety/AY), where the plural preserved the final n that was lost in the singular. In The Etymologies it was an element of N. Oelinuial “Pools of Twilight” (Ety/AY), but in the contemporaneous narratives this name was Aelin-uial (LR/262), as it was in later Sindarin (S/114, 122). This reflects Tolkien’s vacillation on the development of the diphthong ai in Noldorin.
In The Silmarillion appendix Christopher Tolkien implied the regular Sindarin form of this word was aelin (SA/aelin), but more likely this was the plural form in Sindarin, as oelin was the plural in Noldorin.
ael
noun. lake, pool, mere
Aelin-uial
Aelin-uial (name)
Aelin-uial is a Sindarin name, composed of aelin "lake" + uial "twilight".
A variant name used by Tolkien was Umboth Muilin (also spelt Umboth-muilin and Umboth-Muilin), which translates to "Pools of Twilight". Helge Fauskanger has noted that the Noldorin name Oelinuial ("Pools of Twilight"; variant forms Elinuial and Eilinuial), of the Etymologies, became Aelin-uial in the published Silmarillion.
Yet another, early form, was the Gnomish name Hithliniath ("Pools of Mist"; which was amended to Umboth Muilin, itself amended to Aelinuial).
Aelin-uial
Aelin-uial
Aelin-uial is a Sindarin name, composed of aelin "meres", plural of ael + uial "twilight". A variant name used by Tolkien was Umboth Muilin (also spelt Umboth-muilin and Umboth-Muilin), which translates to "Pools of Twilight". Helge Fauskanger has noted that the Noldorin name Oelinuial ("Pools of Twilight"; variant forms Elinuial and Eilinuial), of the Etymologies, became Aelin-uial in the published Silmarillion. Yet another, early form, was the Gnomish name Hithliniath ("Pools of Mist"; which was amended to Umboth Muilin, itself amended to Aelinuial).
ael
pool
- ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin. 2)
ael
pool
(aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.
ael
mere
ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, pool). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.
ael
mere
(aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, pool). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.
ael
lake
(aelin-, pl. aelin) (pool, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin.
lîn
lake
- lîn (pool), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #liniath (isolated from Hithliniath, WJ:194). 2) ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (pool, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin. 3) nên (water, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn**. **
loeg
noun. pool
loeg
noun. pool
lîn
noun. pool
lô
noun. shallow lake, fenland
rim
noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)
both
small pool
(i moth, construct both) (puddle), pl. byth (i mbyth). David Salo would lengthen the vowel and read ✱bôth in Sindarin.
loeg
pool
loeg (no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.
loeg
pool
(no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.
lîn
pool
lîn (lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #**liniath (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)
lîn
pool
(lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #*liniath*** (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)
lîn
lake
(pool), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #*liniath*** (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194).
lô
shallow lake
(fenland), pl. lŷ.
nên
lake
(water, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.
rim
cold pool or lake
; no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rim), coll. pl. rimmath. Note: a homophone means ”crowd, great number, host”.
Region where the river Aros flowed into the Sirion, translated “Twilight Meres” or “Meres of Twilight” (S/114, 122). This name seems to be a compound of the plural aelin of ael “lake, pool” and the noun uial “twight” (SA/aelin, uial).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales these pools were named G. Umboth-muilin (LT2/225). This name remained in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s as an Doriathrin [Ilkorin] name: Umboth Muilin (LR/262; Ety/KHIS, MBOTH). In The Etymologies, Tolkien considered several several Noldorin equivalents for this name, as described in the entry for N. Oelinuial. In the narratives, he used Aelin-uial as the Noldorin name (LR/262). This was the form that appeared in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s and the published Silmarillion, while Umboth Muilin was removed (WJ/194).