londë noun "land-locked haven" (cf. #lóndië "harbourage"), "gulf" (TI:423). In Alqualondë "Swan-haven" (SA), "Haven of Swan" (VT45:28), Hirilondë ship-name "Haven-finder" (UT:192). In the Etymologies, londë is glossed "road (in sea), entrance to harbour" (LOD) and also "fairway" (VT45:28), i.e. a navigable channel for ships. In VT42:10, where the stem is given as LON rather than LOD, the gloss is simply "haven".
Quenya
londë
noun. (land-locked) haven, (land-locked) haven; [ᴹQ.] road (in sea), fairway, entrance to harbour; gulf
londë
land-locked haven
A word for “haven”, most notably as an element in Alqualondë “Haven of the Swans” (S/61). In notes from the late 1960s it was derived from the (untranslated) root √LON (VT42/10).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s, ᴹQ. {londa >>} londe was glossed “road (in sea), fairway, {anchorage >>} entrance to harbour”, and derived from the root {ᴹ✶londā >>} ᴹ✶londē under the root ᴹ√LOD (Ety/LOD). In a 1942 note, [ᴹQ.] londe was glossed “gulf”, as opposed to [N.] lorn “haven” (TI/423).