S. lim adj. “quick, swift” (Category: Fast, Swift, Quick)
A Sindarin word for “quick, swift” derived from primitive ✶lĭmbĭ, best known for its use in the phrase noro lim, noro lim Asfaloth “run swift, run swift, Asfaloth” (LotR/213; PE17/18). The word was also N. lim in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (RS/196). In one place Tolkien said its Quenya equivalent was Q. limbë (PE17/18), but elsewhere he equated it to Q. linta which is the more usual Quenya word for “swift” (PE17/147).
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s instead had G. lint “quick, agile, nimble, light” related to G. lith (GL/54).
References ✧ LotR/213; PE17/18, 147
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| ✶lĭmbĭ > lim | [limbi] > [limbe] > [limb] > [limm] > [limm] > [lim] | ✧ PE17/18 |
N. lim adj. “*swift” (Category: Fast, Swift, Quick)
Reference ✧ RS/196
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G. lint adj. “quick, agile, nimble, light” (Category: Fast, Swift, Quick)
References ✧ GL/54; LT1A/Tinwë Linto
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