Early Noldorin
dai
noun/adjective. sky; high
dailir
proper name. Dailir
dail
noun. axe (blade)
dailir
noun. cleaver
dain
adjective. high, noble, lofty, sublime, divine
dain
noun. height, summit; height, loftiness, sublimity
daila-
verb. to cleave
dairion
noun. lord, chief
dor-na-dhaideloth
place name. [Land of the] Vault of Heaven
doirion
noun. lord (of a certain district), chief
gair
adjective. merry
gairuid
adjective. funny
gairwen
adjective. mirth, fun
agos
adverb. very
dag-
verb. to slay, kill
de(i)rion
noun. lord, chief
dein
noun. height, summit; height, loftiness, sublimity
dâ
adjective. high
ech
adverb. far away
gerwen
adjective. mirth, fun
hîr
noun. lord
telum
noun. sky, sky; [G.] roof
A noun for “the sky” appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/29), likely derived from the root ᴱ√TAHA [DAHA] as suggested to Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Telimektar; QL/87). ᴱN. dai “sky” appeared again in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141), but in marginal notes to the Lays of Beleriand of the 1920s it was glossed “high” (LB/49 note on line #946). Its most notable use was in the name Dor-na-Dhaideloth “[Land of] the Heaven Roof” (LT2/287), but in later writings this name became Dor Daedeloth, with an initial element of N. dae “shadow” >> S. daer “great”.