glaer (i **laer) (narrative poem), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glaer**)
Quenya
lairë
meadow
Sindarin
glaer
long lay
glaer
long lay
glaer (i **laer) (narrative poem), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glaer**);
Noldorin
glair
noun. *poem
glaer
noun. long lay, narrative poem
Cognates
- ᴹQ. laire “poem” ✧ Ety/GLIR; PE19/037
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√GLIR > glaer [glaire] > [glair] > [glaer] ✧ Ety/GLIR ᴹ✶laire > lhaer [laire] > [lair] > [l̥air] > [l̥aer] ✧ EtyAC/LIR¹ Variations
- glær ✧ EtyAC/GLIR
- lhaer ✧ EtyAC/LIR¹
- glair ✧ PE19/037
lhaer
noun. long lay
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Middle Primitive Elvish
laire
noun. long lay
Derivations
- ᴹ√LIR “sing, trill” ✧ Ety/LIR¹
Derivatives
- N. glaer “long lay, narrative poem” ✧ EtyAC/LIR¹
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LIR¹ > laire [laire] ✧ Ety/LIR¹
Gnomish
glair
noun. meadow
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “meadow” (GL/34). It also had an archaic variant form †lair, but Tolkien rejected this (GL/52). It was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/52).
Cognates
- Eq. laire “meadow” ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAYA > lair [laire] > [lair] ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi Variations
- lair ✧ GL/39 (
lair); GL/52 (lair); LT1A/Tári-Laisi
(g)lairin
noun. *poem
Derivations
- ᴱ√LIÐI “sing”
Element in
- G. golairin “rime, rhyme; riming poem” ✧ GL/41
Variations
- lairin ✧ GL/41 (lairin)
Early Quenya
laire
noun. meadow
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “meadow” and derived from the root ᴱ√LAẎA (QL/50). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the same gloss (PME/50), and in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as a cognate of G. glair “meadow” (GL/39).
Cognates
- G. glair “meadow” ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√laẏa > laire [laðʲrē] > [laðʲre] > [lajre] > [laire] ✧ PME/052 ᴱ√LAẎA > laire [laðʲrē] > [laðʲre] > [lajre] > [laire] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- lairë ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
lairë (3) noun "meadow" (LT1:267, GL:39 perhaps a doubtful word in LotR-style Quenya, since lairë already has to carry two other meanings)