Sindarin
gladhwen
feminine name. Laughing Maiden
Cognates
- Q. Lalwendë “Laughing Maiden” ✧ PM/359; PMI/Írimë
Elements
Word Gloss gladh- “to laugh, to laugh [at a joke], *guffaw” gwend “maiden, maiden, *young woman” Variations
- Glaðwen ✧ PM/359; PMI/Írimë
The Sindarin equivalent of Lalwendë, a combination of gladh- “laugh” and the suffixal form -wen of gwend “maiden” (PM/343, 359 note #29).