Quenya 

laire

noun. summer

Quenya [PE 22:125; PE 22:167] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

lairë

summer

lairë (1) noun "summer" (Letters:283, VT45:26), in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 72 days, but also used without any exact definition (Appendix D). Oiolairë "Eversummer", name of a tree (UT:167), see also Coron Oiolairë. Lairelossë noun *"Summer-snow", name of a tree (UT:167), perhaps with white flowers.

lairë

poem

lairë (2) noun "poem" (GLIR)

lairë

meadow

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)

lairë

noun. summer

Quenya [Let/282; LotR/1107; LotR/1111; PE17/159; PE22/167; PM/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Ellairë

summer

Ellairë alternative name of June (PM:135); evidently incorporating lairë "summer"; the el- part is probably an assimilated form of er-, an element meaning one or first, June being the first summer month.

lirit

poem

lirit noun "poem" (LT1:258)

Primitive elvish

lairē

noun. *summer

Primitive elvish [PE18/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

loer

noun. summer

lhaer

noun. long lay

Sindarin 

laer

noun. summer

Sindarin [LotR/1107; PM/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glaer

narrative poem

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

glaer

long lay

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

glaer

long lay

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

glir

recite poem

(i ’lîr, in glirir) (sing)

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.

laer

summer

laer (no distinct pl. form). Note: a homophone means ”song”.

laer

summer

(no distinct pl. form). Note:  a homophone means ”song”.


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Middle Primitive Elvish

laire

noun. long lay

Middle Primitive Elvish [EtyAC/LIR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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).

Early Quenya [GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

avesta

noun. summer

Early Quenya [PE13/137; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saiwali

noun. summer

Early Quenya [PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

laire

noun. summer

Qenya [EtyAC/LAYA; PE22/125; PM/134] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laire

noun. poem

Qenya [Ety/GLIR; PE19/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úrien

proper name. Summer

Another name for laire “summer” in drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134). Its initial element seems to be Ûr “Sun”.

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).

Gnomish [GL/39; GL/52; LT1A/Tári-Laisi] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aust

noun. summer

Gnomish [GL/20; GL/63; LT2A/Tarnin Austa; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ost

noun. summer

Gnomish [GL/63; PE13/110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

safwen

noun. summer

Early Noldorin

aust

noun. summer

awest

noun. summer

Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/153; PE13/160] Group: Eldamo. Published by