Sindarin
legolin
place name. Legolin
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Doriathrin
legolin
place name. Legolin
Changes
Loeglin→ Legolin ✧ SM/135- Loeglin → Legolin ✧ SMI/Legolin
- Loeglin → Legolin ✧ SMI/Loeglin
Elements
Word Gloss legol “nimble, active, running free” ? Variations
- Loeglin ✧ SM/135 (
Loeglin); SMI/Legolin; SMI/Loeglin
One of the seven streams from which Ossiriand got its name (S/123). This name is an extension of legol “running free” (Ety/LEK). Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.
Conceptual Development: In its first appearances in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this river was named Loeglin, revised to Legolin (SM/135). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the name Ilk. Legolin was designated Ilkorin, with the derivation given above (Ety/LEK). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language.