glingal

proper name. Hanging Flame

A Sindarin name for Q. Laurelin (S/126) translated “Hanging Flame” (LR/210). It is a combination of the verb [N.] gling- “to hang” and the root √KAL (Ety/LING, KAL).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales this name appeared as G. Glingol “Singing Gold”, a more direct equivalent of ᴱQ. Laurelin (LT2/216). The form N. Glingal appeared in late changes to the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/80), and Tolkien revised its derivation and translation to the ones given above in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/LING, KAL).

Elements

Word	Gloss
gling-	“to hang, dangle”
KAL	“light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden”

gling

hanging

(adj.) #gling (lenited ling; no distinct pl. form). Isolated from Glingal, Hanging Gold, as a name of Laurelin.

gling

hanging

(lenited ’ling; no distinct pl. form). Isolated from Glingal, Hanging Gold, as a name of Laurelin.