ilin

pale blue

ilin adj. "pale blue" (GLINDI)

windë

pale blue

[windë > vindë adj. "pale blue" (VT45:16)]

windya

pale blue

windya > vinya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya means "new" in his later versions of 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

• 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

vinya

pale blue

vinya (2) < windya adj. "pale blue" (WIN/WIND)(It is uncertain whether Tolkien rejected this word or not; in any case, vinya is only attested with the meaning "young, new" in his later Quenya.)

glind

noun. *song

lind

noun. song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer

Cognates

• Q. lindë “singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune”

Derivations

• √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle” ✧ PE17/027
• ✶linde “singer, singing” ✧ WJ/309
  • √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”

Element in

• S. aerlinn “*hymn, (lit.) holy song” ✧ VT44/24
• S. Dagorlind “Singer in Battle”
• S. dúlin “nightingale”
• S. Elulin
• S. Glewellin “Song of Gold”
• S. Glinnel “*Singer-elf”
• S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/14; VT50/18
• ᴺS. laeglin(n) “greenfinch”
• S. Lindedhel “Nandorin Elf”
• S. Lindel “Nando”
• S. Lindir
• S. Lindis
• S. Lindon “Land of Music”
• Ilk. Lindon “Musical Land”
• S. linna- “to sing, chant” ✧ PE17/027
• ᴺS. linnas “music”
• S. linnod “type of poetic meter, (lit.) ?seven-chant”
• ᴺS. linnor “singer”
• ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”
• S. Taeglin “*Boundary Singer” ✧ WJ/309

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LIN > lind	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [linn]	✧ PE17/027
✶linde > lin(d)	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [linn]	✧ WJ/309

Variations

• lind ✧ PE17/027
• linn ✧ PE17/027; VT44/24
• glind ✧ VT50/14
• glinn ✧ VT50/18
• lin(d) ✧ WJ/309 (lin(d))

glinn

noun. *song

glintha-

verb. to glance at

aerlinn

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

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

laer

noun. song, long lay

laer

noun. song

Element in

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

glind

glance

(noun) !glind (i **lind), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glind), coll. pl. glinnath**. (WJ:337; the spelling used in the primary source is ”glinn”.)

glind

glance

(i ’lind), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glind), coll. pl. glinnath. (WJ:337; the spelling used in the primary source is ”glinn”.)

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

tîr

glance

(noun) tîr (i dîr, also -dir at the end of compounds) (looking, glance) (view, looking), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thîr), coll. pl. ?tíriath. Note: a homophone means ”straight, right” (adj.)

tîr

glance

(i dîr, also -dir at the end of compounds) (looking, glance) (view, looking), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thîr), coll. pl. ?tíriath. Note: a homophone means ”straight, right” (adj.)

elu

pale blue

1) elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?) 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form)

elu

pale blue

1) elu (analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?). 2) gwind (lenited wind; no distinct pl. form).

gwind

noun. pale blue

Changes

• gwinn → gwinn “blue-grey, pale blue or grey” ✧ EtyAC/WIN

Cognates

• ᴹQ. vinya “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN
• ᴹQ. vinde “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/GWINDI; EtyAC/WIN

Derivations

• ᴹ✶windı̯ā “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
  • ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN
• ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶windi > gwind > gwinn	[windi] > [winde] > [gwinde] > [gwind] > [gwinn]	✧ Ety/WIN
ᴹ√GWINDI > bind > binn	[gwindi] > [gwinde] > [binde] > [bind] > [binn]	✧ EtyAC/GWINDI
ᴹ✶windi > gwind > gwinn	[windi] > [winde] > [gwinde] > [gwind] > [gwinn]	✧ EtyAC/WIN

Variations

• gwinn ✧ Ety/WIN (gwinn); EtyAC/WIN (gwinn)
• binn ✧ EtyAC/GWINDI (binn)

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhaer

noun. song, long lay