S. Glewellin pn. “Song of Gold”

S. Glewellin, pn. “Song of Gold”

Sindarin cognate of Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold” appearing in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s but not in the published version of The Silmarillion (MR/155). It is a combination of Old Sindarin †glawar “gold” (PE17/61) and lind¹ “song”, with the vowels in the initial element shifted to e because of the i in the last syllable.

Conceptual Development: The name N. Glewellin first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/210). In The Etymologies, it already had the derivation given above (Ety/LÁWAR). @@@ Glorlin

References ✧ MR/155; MRI; PE17/61

Glosses

Elements

glawar “gold (light or colour)”
lind¹ “song, chant, singing; singer”

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Derivations

Phonetic Developments

OS. †glawar-lin > Glewellin [glawarlinde] > [glawallinde] > [glewellinde] > [glewellind] > [glewellinn] > [glewellin] ✧ PE17/61

N. Glewellin pn. “Song of Gold”

See S. Glewellin for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; LR/210; LRI

Glosses

Elements

glawar “sunlight, radiance of Laurelin” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR
lhinn “air, tune”

Cognates


G. Glorlin pn.

Reference ✧ PE15/8

Cognates