S. Aelin-uial loc. “Meres of Twilight”
Region where the river Aros flowed into the Sirion, translated “Twilight Meres” or “Meres of Twilight” (S/114, 122). This name seems to be a compound of the plural aelin of ael “lake, pool” and the noun uial “twight” (SA/aelin, uial).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales these pools were named G. Umboth-muilin (LT2/225). This name remained in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s as an Doriathrin [Ilkorin] name: Umboth Muilin (LR/262; Ety/KHIS, MBOTH). In The Etymologies, Tolkien considered several several Noldorin equivalents for this name, as described in the entry for N. Oelinuial. In the narratives, he used Aelin-uial as the Noldorin name (LR/262). This was the form that appeared in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s and the published Silmarillion, while Umboth Muilin was removed (WJ/194).
References ✧ LT2I; S/122; SA/aelin, uial; SI/Aelin-uial, Meres of Twilight, Twilight Meres; UTI; WJI
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| #ael | “lake, pool” | plural | ✧ SA/aelin (aelin) |
| uial | “twilight, evendim” | ✧ SA/uial |
N. Oelinuial loc. “Pools of Twilight”
Earlier name of S. Aelin-uial in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/AY) appearing along with variants Elinuial (Ety/KHIS, MBOTH, MUY) and Lhîn Uial (Ety/MUY). All these names contain uial “twilight” as well as a word for “pools”, either the plural of oel or (plural?) lhîn. In the narratives of this period, however, the name already appeared in its later form Aelin-uial (LR/262).
See S. Aelin-uial for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/AY, KHIS, MBOTH, MUY; EtyAC/KHIS, MUY; LR/262; LRI/Aelin-uial; TII/Aelinuial
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| oel | “pool, lake” | plural | ✧ Ety/AY (oelin) |
| uial | “twilight” | ||
| ᴹ√YŪ | “two, both” | ✧ Ety/AY | |
| ᴹ√KAL | “shine” | ✧ Ety/AY | |
| ᴹ√LIN¹ | “pool” | ✧ Ety/KHIS | |
Ilk. Umboth Muilin loc. “Twilight Meres, Veiled Pool”
Doriathrin precursor to S. Aelin-uial translated “Twilight Meres” (LR/262). In The Etymologies, it was translated “Veiled Pool” and given as a combination of umboth “large pool” and muilin “veiled” (Ety/MBOTH, MUY).
References ✧ Ety/KHIS, MBOTH, MUY; LR/262; LRI/Umboth Muilin; SMI/Umboth-muilin; WJI/Umboth Muilin
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| umboth | “large pool” | ✧ Ety/MBOTH |
| muilin | “secret, veiled” | ✧ Ety/MBOTH; Ety/MUY |
ᴱN. Umboth-muilin loc. “Pools of Twilight”
Reference ✧ LBI/Umboth-Muilin ✧ Umboth-Muilin “Pools of Twilight”
G. Umboth-muilin loc. “Pools of Twilight”
References ✧ LT2/225; LT2A/Umboth-muilin; LT2I/Aelin-uial, Umboth-muilin
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| umboth | “nightfall” | ✧ LT2A/Umboth-muilin | |
| muil | “tarn” | plural | ✧ LT2A/Umboth-muilin |