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Early Quenya

lúre

noun. dark weather, bad weather

This word appeared as ᴱQ. lūre “dark weather” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√LUVU; it had a stem form of {lūri- >>} lūre- (QL/57). It also appeared as lūre in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/57).

Neo-Quenya: A similar root √LUB “shadow, darkness” appeared in Tolkien’s later writings, so I think this word can be salvaged as ᴺQ. lúrë from primitive ✱lubrĭ. If so, it would be a rare example of the ancient br not undergoing metathesis to rb, but instead vocalizing before the following voiced consonant: ✱lubrĭ > luβre > lūre.

Cognates

  • G. lumbri “foul weather” ✧ LT1A/Luvier

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUVU “*dark (weather)” ✧ LT1A/Luvier; QL/057

Element in

  • Eq. lúrea “overcast, dark [of weather]” ✧ LT1A/Luvier; QL/057

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LUVU > lūre[luβrē] > [lūre]✧ QL/057

Variations

  • lúrë ✧ LT1A/Luvier
  • lūre ✧ PME/057; QL/057
Early Quenya [LT1A/Luvier; PME/057; QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by