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-).

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

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.

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)

wilma

air, lower air

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

linn

noun. a chant

_n._a chant, song. >> lind

linn

noun. song, chant

lind

noun. air, tune

lind

noun. a chant

_ n. _a chant, song. >> linn

lind

noun. song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer

Cognates

• Q. lindë “singing, song, musical sound, singing, song, musical sound; [ᴹQ.] air, tune”

Derivations

• √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle” ✧ PE17/027
• ✶linde “singer, singing” ✧ WJ/309
  • √LIN “sing, make a musical sound, sing, make a musical sound, [ᴱ√] gentle”

Element in

• S. aerlinn “*hymn, (lit.) holy song” ✧ VT44/24
• S. Dagorlind “Singer in Battle”
• S. dúlin “nightingale”
• S. Elulin
• S. Glewellin “Song of Gold”
• S. Glinnel “*Singer-elf”
• S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/14; VT50/18
• ᴺS. laeglin(n) “greenfinch”
• S. Lindedhel “Nandorin Elf”
• S. Lindel “Nando”
• S. Lindir
• S. Lindis
• S. Lindon “Land of Music”
• Ilk. Lindon “Musical Land”
• S. linna- “to sing, chant” ✧ PE17/027
• ᴺS. linnas “music”
• S. linnod “type of poetic meter, (lit.) ?seven-chant”
• ᴺS. linnor “singer”
• ᴺS. melillin “daffodil, (orig.) yellow song”
• S. Taeglin “*Boundary Singer” ✧ WJ/309

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LIN > lind	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [linn]	✧ PE17/027
✶linde > lin(d)	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [linn]	✧ WJ/309

Variations

• lind ✧ PE17/027
• linn ✧ PE17/027; VT44/24
• glind ✧ VT50/14
• glinn ✧ VT50/18
• lin(d) ✧ WJ/309 (lin(d))

aerlinn

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

lîr

noun. song, poem, lay

laer

noun. song, long lay

laer

noun. song

Element in

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

gwelu

noun. air (as substance)

lind

air

3) (of music) lind (song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

lind

air

(song, tune; singer, in the latter sense also used of rivers), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. linnath (WJ.309)

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

gwelwen

air

1) (as a region) gwelwen (i **welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i **wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

gwelwen

air

(i ’welwen), pl. gwelwin (in gwelwin), also gwilith (i ’wilith), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwilith)

gwelu

air

2) (as substance) gwelu (i **welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw** (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely *gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

gwelu

air

(i ’welu), analogical pl. gwely (in gwely) if there is a pl. The attested form is archaic gwelw (LR:398 s.v. WIL). Hence the coll. pl. is likely ✱gwelwath, if there is a coll. pl..

lhinn

noun. air, tune

lhinn

noun. air, tune

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linde “air, tune” ✧ Ety/LIN²

Derivations

• ᴹ✶lindē “*singing”
  • ᴹ√LIN “sing”
• ᴹ√LIN “sing” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN

Element in

• N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN
• N. Glewellin “Song of Gold”
• N. tuilinn “swallow, (lit.) spring-singer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LIN² > lhind > lhinn	[lindē] > [linde] > [lind] > [l̥ind] > [l̥inn]	✧ Ety/LIN²

lhind

noun. air, tune

glîr

noun. song, poem, lay

lhîr

noun. song, poem, lay

gwelwen

noun. air, lower air (distinct from the upper air of the stars, or the outer)

gwilith

noun. air (as a region)

gwelw

noun. air (as substance)

lhaer

noun. song, long lay