lírë

song

lírë noun "song", stem #líri- in the instrumental form lírinen "in [the] song" or *"by [the] song" (Nam, RGEO:67)

lírë

noun. song

Derivations

• √LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill” ✧ PE17/067

Element in

• ᴺQ. airilírë “hymn”
• Q. ómaryo airetári-lírinen “in the song of her voice, holy and queenly” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
• Q. ómaryo lírinen airetário “in [by means of] her voice’s song, of the holy-queen” ✧ RGEO/59
• Q. lírinen ómo i·aire tário “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/076
• Q. lírinen ómo i·aire táríva “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/076
• Q. tintilar lirinen ómaryo Airë-tário ✧ PM/364

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LIR > līrĭ-	[līri] > [līre]	✧ PE17/067

Variations

• líre ✧ PE17/067

airilírë

noun. hymn

Elements

Word	Gloss
airë	“holy; sanctity, holiness”
lírë	“song”

aerlinn

noun. (unknown meaning, perhaps a song about the sea, or possibly holy song)

aerlinn

noun. *hymn, (lit.) holy song

Element in

• S. Aerlinn in Edhil o Imladris “*Holy Song of the Elves of Rivendell” ✧ RGEO/62

Variations

• Aerlinn ✧ RGEO/62

laer

noun. song, long lay

laer

noun. song

Element in

• S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow”

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

aerlinn

hymn

aerlinn (no distinct pl. form). It is unclear whether the literal meaning is "sea-song" (because the Elves made pilgrimages to the towers of Emyn Beraid near the sea) or "holy-song"; it depends on whether aer is interpreted as "sea" or "holy".

aerlinn

hymn

(no distinct pl. form). It is unclear whether the literal meaning is "sea-song" (because the Elves made pilgrimages to the towers of Emyn Beraid near the sea) or "holy-song"; it depends on whether aer is interpreted as "sea" or "holy".

glîr

song

1) glîr (i **lîr, construct glir) (poem, lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath. 2) laer (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”summer”. 3) lind (air, tune; also = singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form (WJ.309). See also HYMN regarding the word aerlinn**.

glîr

song

(i ’lîr, construct glir) (poem, lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath. 2)  laer (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”summer”. 3) lind (air, tune; also = singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form (WJ.309). See also

lhaer

noun. song, long lay

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay