N. megli n. “bear, (lit.) honey-eater” (Category: Bear)
A noun appearing as N. {magli >>} megli “bear” in The Etymologies, a combination of N. mad- “eat” and N. glî “honey”, hence more literally “honey-eater” (Ety/LIS, MAT; EtyAC/LIS, MAT), where dl > gl as was usual in Noldorin. This word also appeared in the phrase i vegli vorn “the black bear” in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s (PE22/33).
Conceptual Development: ᴱN. magli “a bear, honey-eater” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s.
Neo-Sindarin: The sound change dl > gl was not a feature of Sindarin, so most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. medli “bear”, as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).
References ✧ Ety/LIS, MAT; EtyAC/LIS, MAT; PE22/33
Glosses
Variations
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Changes
Inflections
| vegli | soft-mutation; m-mutation | “bear” | ✧ PE22/33 |
Elements
| mad- | “to eat” | ||
| glî | “honey” | ||
| ᴹ√MAT | “eat” | ✧ Ety/MAT; EtyAC/MAT (MAT) | |
| ᴹ√LIS | “honey” | ✧ Ety/MAT; EtyAC/MAT (LIS) | |
Element In
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶mad-lī > megli | [madlī] > [madli] > [medli] > [megli] | ✧ Ety/LIS |