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

lairë

poem

lairë (2) noun "poem" (GLIR)

lirit

poem

lirit noun "poem" (LT1:258)

lirilla

lay, song

lirilla noun "lay, song" (LT1:258)

cairë

lay

cairë _("k")_vb. "lay" (pa.t. of "lie") (MC:221; this is "Qenya" - in LotR-style Quenya cainë pa.t. of caita?) An word cairë with no clear definition appears in PE17:101; see cëa, cairë.

cainë

lay

cainë "lay", pa.t. of caita- "lie", q.v.

tindon

lay

tindon pa.t. vb? "lay" (???) (MC:220; this is "Qenya")

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

laer

noun. song, long lay

laer

noun. song

Element in

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

aerlinn

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

glîr

poem

glîr (i **lîr, construct glir) (song, lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath**.

glîr

poem

(i ’lîr, construct glir) (song, lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath.

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

glîr

lay

glîr (i **lîr, construct glir) (poem, song), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath**;

glîr

lay

(i ’lîr, construct glir) (poem, song), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath;

glir

recite poem

(i ’lîr, in glirir) (sing)

glaer

narrative poem

(i ’laer) (long lay), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glaer). Verb

glaer

long lay

(i ’laer) (narrative poem), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glaer)

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIR “sing, trill” ✧ Ety/GLIR; Ety/LIR¹

Element in

• ᴺS. gwalir “rhyme, rime (the two actual rhyming words), rhyming poem”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GLIR > glîr	[glir] > [glīr]	✧ Ety/GLIR
ᴹ√LIR¹ > lhîr	[lir] > [līr]	✧ Ety/LIR¹

Variations

• lhîr ✧ EtyAC/LIR¹

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

glaer

noun. long lay, narrative poem

Written glær (with ae-ligature) in the Etymologies, rectified here according to VT/45:15

glinn

noun. song, poem, lay

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linde “air, tune” ✧ Ety/GLIN

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIN “sing” ✧ Ety/GLIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GLIN > glinn	[glinde] > [glind] > [glinn]	✧ Ety/GLIN

Variations

• glinn ✧ Ety/GLIN (glinn)

lhaer

noun. song, long lay