Early Quenya
laivar
noun. ocean
Element in
- Eq. laivarisse lúnelinqe talalínen tinwelindon? “*in the blue-flowing sea with sails like stars?” ✧ PE16/077
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A word glossed “ocean” in notes associated with drafts of the Oilima Markirya from around 1930 (PE16/77). This word did not appear in the final version of the poem. Its etymology is unclear, but Gilson, Welden and Hostetter suggest it might be connected to ᴱQ. laiqa “green”, a colour used to describe the ocean in some drafts of the poem (PE16/78).