Quenya 

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
LIR > līrĭ-[līri] > [līre]✧ PE17/067

Variations

  • líre ✧ PE17/067
Quenya [LotR/0377; PE17/067; PE17/076; PM/364; RGEO/58; RGEO/59] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

aerlinn

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

Sindarin [RGEO/70, X/ND4] aer+lind (?) "sea-song" or (?) "holy song", OS *airelinde. Group: SINDICT. Published by

laer

noun. song

Element in

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

Sindarin [VT/45:28, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

laer

noun. song, long lay

Sindarin [Laer Cú Beleg S/406, VT/45:28, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

Noldorin 

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

Noldorin [Ety/359] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

Noldorin [VT/45:28, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhaer

noun. song, long lay

Noldorin [Laer Cú Beleg S/406, VT/45:28, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Gnomish

dólin

noun. song

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Gondolin “Stone of Song” ✧ LT1A/Gondolin

Variations

  • dôlin ✧ GL/29
Gnomish [GL/29; LT1A/Gondolin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

golyn

noun. song

gôl

noun. song

Variations

  • gól ✧ PE13/145
  • golyn ✧ PE13/145
Early Noldorin [PE13/145] Group: Eldamo. Published by