ᴱQ. Wirilóme f. “Gloomweaver”

⚠️ᴱQ. Wirilómë, f. “Gloomweaver”

Another name for Ungweliante (S. Ungoliant) in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/152), a combination of some form of the root ᴱ√GWIÐI having to do with weaving and lóme “gloom”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Gwerlum).

See Q. Ungoliantë for further discussion.

References ✧ GL/46; LT1/152; LT1A/Gwerlum; LT1I/Gwerlum, Wirilómë; LT2I/Wirilómë; PE13/103; QL/103; SMI/Wirilómë

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ᴱ√GWIÐI “*plait, weave” ✧ LT1A/Gwerlum; QL/103
lóme “dusk, gloom, darkness; shadow, cloud” ✧ LT1A/Gwerlum

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