Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : GLIM

√GLIM root. “gleam, glint”

√GLIM root. “gleam, glint”

A Sindarin-only root glossed “gleam, glint” Tolkien coined to explain the name Maeglin (PM/337). Tolkien said it was used “usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light ... particularly applied to light of eyes”.

Reference ✧ WJ/337 ✧ glim “gleam, glint”

Derivatives

> S. glîn(n) “gleam, glint” ✧ WJ/337
- ⇒ S. Glindûr “*Dark Glance”
- ⇒ S. Limlint “Limlight”
- ⇒ S. Maeglin “Sharp Glance” ✧ SA/glîn; WJ/337
> S. glintha- “to glance (at)” ✧ WJ/337
- ⇒ ᴺS. !glinthad “look, glance, flash of the eye”