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lindë

air, tune, singing, song

lindë noun "air, tune, singing, song" (SA:gond, (LIN2, [GLIN]); lindelorendor "music-dream-land"; see laurelindórenan lindelorendor... _(LotR2:III ch. 4, cf. Letters:308). _Also compare lindi- in lindimaitar, q.v. (but the other compounds here cited do not give a lindë a stem-form lindi-).

lindë

noun. singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune

Cognates

  • S. lind “song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”

Derivations

  • LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”

Element in

Quenya [Let/308; NM/351; PE17/080; PE17/163; SA/gond] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linda

proper name. Singer

The name that the Teleri used to refer to themselves, usually appearing in the plural form Lindar and glossed “The Singers” (SI/Teleri, UT/286). They were so called because in legend, they sang before they could speak with words (WJ/382). The name was derived from the root √LIN “sing” (SA/lin, WJ/382).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was used for the first tribe, with the gloss “The Fair” (LR/168). It usually appeared as a collective noun, but sometimes appeared in the singular (PE22/51). In The Etymologies, it is given as ᴹQ. linda “fair, beautiful (of sound)” used as a name (Ety/LIND). In later writings, the name of the first tribe became the Vanyar, and Tolkien repurposed this name as another name of the third tribe with a slightly different derivation and meaning.

Cognates

  • Nan. Lindē “Lindar” ✧ NM/347
  • S. Glinnel “*Singer-elf” ✧ WJI/Glinnel; WJ/378
  • T. Linda “Teler” ✧ WJ/382; WJI/Lindar

Derivations

  • LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle” ✧ SA/lin²
  • lindā “*sweet sounding” ✧ WJ/378; WJ/380; WJ/382

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
lin- > Lindar[lindar]✧ SA/lin²
Lindāi > Lindar[lindar]✧ WJ/378
lindā > Lindar[lindā] > [linda]✧ WJ/380
Lindā > Lindar[lindā] > [linda]✧ WJ/382
Quenya [MR/349; MRI/Lindar; NM/347; PE18/073; PMI/Lindar; SA/lin²; SI/Teleri; UT/253; UT/286; UTI/Lindar; WJ/378; WJ/380; WJ/382; WJI/Glinnel; WJI/Lindar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lindo

singer, singing bird

lindo noun "singer, singing bird" (LIN2)

lingë

musical sound

lingë noun "musical sound" (PE16:96)

lingë

noun. musical sound

Derivations

  • LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”

Element in

  • Q. lingëa “with a musical sound” ✧ PE16/096

Variations

  • linge ✧ PE16/096

lin

musical sound

lin, lind- noun "a musical sound" (Letters:308), "melody" (LT1:258). Compare lindë.

linya

pool

linya noun "pool" (LIN1)

nendë

pool

nendë (1) noun "pool" (NEN), "lake" (PE17:52)

nyello

singer

nyello noun "singer" (NYEL). Compare the final element of Falanyel, #Solonyel, q.v

lindimaitar

composer, musician

lindimaitar noun "composer, musician" _(PE17:163). _Compare lindë, maitar.

lir-

verb. to sing, to sing, [ᴹQ.] chant

Derivations

  • LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

Element in

  • Q. á lirë amlírië “sing harder / better / with more vigour or with more vocalic art” ✧ PE17/094; PE17/094
  • ᴺQ. olirië “concert”

liru-

verb. to sing, to sing (gaily)

Derivations

  • liru- “to sing gaily”
    • LIR “sing, warble, sing, warble, [ᴹ√] trill”

lóna

pool, mere

lóna (1) noun "pool, mere" (VT42:10). Variant of lón, lónë above?

vilwa

air, lower air

[vilwa < wilwa] noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL; in one place vilwa was not struck out, VT46:21) According to VT46:21, Tolkien considered vilda < wilda as a replacement form, but rejected it.

wilma

air, lower air

wilma noun "air, lower air" (distinct from the 'upper' air of the stars, or the 'outer') (WIL)

vilya

air, sky

vilya noun "air, sky", also name of tengwa #24. Older wilya. (Appendix E). Early "Qenya" has Vilya (changed from Vilna) "lower air" (LT1:273); also vilya "air" (MC:215)