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

-nen

most nouns have an instrumental in -nen

-nen instrumental ending (pl. -inen, dual -nten, partitive pl. -línen). Attested in ambartanen, lírinen, lintieryanen, súrinen, parmanen; see ambar (#2), lírë, lintië, súrë, parma. Tolkien noted that "most nouns have an instrumental in -nen" (PE17:62), a wording suggesting that the form of the ending may vary; given the normal development ln > ld, it is possible that it would appear as *-den when added to a noun in -l (*macilden "with a sword").

téma

row, series, line

téma noun "row, series, line" (pl. témar attested) (TEÑ, Appendix E)

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lîr

noun. row, range

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

aerlinn

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

laer

noun. song, long lay

laer

noun. song

Element in

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

anc

row of teeth

(jaw), pl. ainc, coll. pl. angath.

tî

row

tî (i dî, o thî) (line), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thî), coll. pl. tíath;

tî

row

(i dî, o thî) (line), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thî), coll. pl. tíath;

lhîr

noun. row

Derivations

• On. līre “row, range” ✧ Ety/LIR²
  • ᴹ√LIR “*row” ✧ Ety/LIR²

Element in

• N. oeglir “range of mountain peaks” ✧ Ety/LIR²

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. līre > lhîr	[līre] > [līr] > [l̥īr]	✧ Ety/LIR²

Variations

• lhîr ✧ Ety/LIR²

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. row, range

lhaer

noun. song, long lay