Valar In QL вi>Valar or Valiв™is derived from root VALA, with masc. singular Valon or Valmo and fem. singular Valis or ValdГ; other words are valin, valimo вappyв™ vald- вlessedness, happinessв™
ВВВВВThe Gnomish words are complicated and curious. As first written, there was Ban в god, one of the great Valarв™ plural Banin, and вi>Dorв™Vanion=Dor Banion=Gwalien (or Valinor)в™ All this was struck out. Elsewhere in GL is given the root GWAL вortune, happinessв™ Gwala вne of the gods, including their divine folk and children, hence often used of one of the lesser folk as opposed to Banв™Gwalon and Gwalthi corresponding to Qenya Valon, Valsi; gwalt вood luckв”ny providential occurrence or thought: вњhe luck of the Valarв i В walt ne Vanion (Q. valto)в™and other abstract words, as gwalweth вortune, happinessв™ Of the later interpretation of Valar there is thus no suggestion. See further under VГna.
ValatГru See Valar, Meril-i-Turinqi.
Valinor In QL two forms are given, Valinor and ValinГrГ (the latter also occurs in the text, p. 182), both glossed вsgardв™(i.e. the City of the Gods in Norse mythology). For the Gnomish names (Gwalien, etc.) see Valar.
ВВВВВnГrГ is found in QL under the root N
Valmar See Valar, Eldamar.
VГna A derivative of QL root VANA, together with vanГ вairв™ vanessГ вeautyв™ vanima вroper, right, fairв™ Гvanimo вonsterв™(Г-= вotв™, etc. Here also are given Vanar and Vani= Valar, Vali, with the note: вf. Gnomish Ban-в™ See Valar.
ВВВВВVГnaв™ name in Gnomish was GwГn or Gwani (changed later to Gwann or Gwannuin); gwant, gwandra вeautifulв™ gwanthi вeautyв™
VГna-Laisi See VГna, TГri-Laisi.
VansamГrin This name replaced SamГrienв™ road in the text (p. 222).
ВВВВВSee Qalvanda, SamГrien.
Varda In QL the name is given with vard- вule, governв™ vardar вingв™ varni вueenв™ In Gnomish Varda was called Bridhil (and Timbridhil, see TinwetГri), which is cognate with Qenya vard-.
VГ QL gives VГ вame of Fanturв™under root VEHE, but without meaning ascribed or other derivatives. The form in GL is GwГ, changed to GwГ: вame of the hall of Bandoth, Q. VГв™ See Mandos, VefГntur.
VefГntur In GL the Vala himself is called Bandoth GwГ (changed to Bannoth GwГ), Gwefantur (changed to Gwifanthor), and Gwivannoth.
Vene Kemen See Glorvent, KГmi.
Vilna In QL the root VILI (without meaning given) has derivatives Vilna (changed later to Vilya) вlower) airв™ Vilmar вwelling of ManwГв”he upper airs (but not ilu)в™ vilin вiry, breezyв™ vГlГ вentle breezeв™ The words вut not iluв™refer to the definition of ilu in the sense of ilwГ, the middle air among the stars (see ilwГ). ManwГв™ dwelling Vilmar is not named elsewhere.
ВВВВВThe Gnomish names for the lowest air were Gwilfa or FГ; the latter is said to be of unknown etymology. The corresponding Qenya names are given in GL as FГ and Favilna, and these appear in QL under a root FAGA without translation, merely as equivalents of Vilna. Other Gnomish words are gwil- вail, float, flyв™ gwilith вreezeв™ gwilbrin вutterflyв™ these correspond to words in QL under a root GWILI, wili- вail, float, flyв™ wilin вirdв™ wilwarin вutterflyв™ Another name of Manweg as Lord of the Winds, Famfir, is given in GL.
VoronwГ See Bronweg.
Vorotemnar For voro вverв™see Bronweg. Temnar must be from root TEME вieв™ of which no derivative words are listed in QL.
Wendelin This is not in QL, but GL gives Gwendeling (changed later to Gwedhiling) as the Gnomish name corresponding to Qenya Wendelin; вueen of the Woodland Elves, mother of TinГvielв™(the only occurrence of the name TinГviel in the dictionaries). The name must be related to Qenya wen вaid, girlв™and the Gnomish forms given under Urwen.
Wingildi See Wingilot.
Wingilot Under the root GWINGI/GWIGI in QL are wingГ вoam, spindriftв™ wingilot вoamflower, EГrendelв™ boatв™ and wingild- вymphв™(cf. Wingildi). For the element -lot see Lindelos.
ВВВВВGL has the entry: вi>Gwingalos or Gwingli=Lothwinga or Foamflower, the name of EГrendelв™ (Ioringliв™) boatв™also lothwing вoamflowerв™ gwing вavecrest, foamв™ and gwingil вoam-maiden (mermaid, one of the attendants of Uinen)’.
Wirilуmл See Gwerlum.
Wiruin See Gwerlum.
Yavanna In QL this name is given under the root YAVA, together with yavin ‘bears fruit’, yбva ‘fruit’, yбvan ‘harvest, autumn’. The Gnomish form is Ifon, Ivon, ‘especially in the combinations Ivon Belaurin, Ivon Cнmir, Ivon i · Vladorwen’ see Kйmi, Palъrien.
SHORT GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE, ARCHAIC, AND RARE WORDS
The pagination of this electronic edition does not match the edition from which it was created. To locate a specific passage, please use the search feature of your e-book reader.
an if, 64, 140, 149, 155, 165, 180, 182, 189, 197, 208
arrassed covered with arras (rich figured tapestry), 17
astonied stunned, astonished, 116, 185
bason formerly a common spelling of basin, 164 etc.
bent open place covered with grass, 34
brakes thickets, 106
charger large dish, 191
clamant clamorous, noisy, 43
clomb old past tense of climb, 122
constellate formed into a constellation, 195
cools coolnesses, 74
corbel basket, 186
covetice (inordinate) desire, 117; covetousness, 146–7
eld old age, 59, 219, 228
fain gladly, 45, 150; disposed, desirous, 195; fain of well-pleased with, 117, 208
fane temple, 39, 43
fey 37. The old senses were ‘fated, approaching death; presaging death’. It seems very unlikely that the later sense ‘possessing or displaying magical, fairylike, or unearthly qualities’ (O.E.D. Supplement) was intended.