Early Quenya
nielluin
proper name. Bee of Azure, Blue Bee, Sirius
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Name of Sirius in the earliest Lost Tales, glossed “Bee of Azure” or “Blue Bee” (LT1/182, 200), also appearing as Niellune (QL/65, PME/65). The name is a combination of the roots nier “honey bee” and lúne “blue”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Nielluin). In the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, there was a variant form Nierninwa using ninwa for “blue” instead (QL/65, PME/65).