Eldamo : Gnomish : glair

G. glair n. “meadow” (Category: Plain, Field)

⚠️G. glair, n. “meadow” (Category: Plain, Field): S. glaer “[N.] long lay, narrative poem, ⚠️[S.] tale, song”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “meadow” (GL/34). It also had an archaic variant form †lair, but Tolkien rejected this (GL/52). It was probably derived from the early root ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/52).

References ✧ GL/39, 52; LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Glosses

“a meadow” ✧ GL/52 (†lair)
“meadow” ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi (lair)

Variations

glair ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; GL/52 (glair)
lair ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; GL/39 (lair); GL/52 (†lair)

†lair “a meadow” = glair ✧ GL/52

Cognates

ᴱQ. laire “meadow” ✧ GL/39; LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Derivations

< ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi (LAYA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√LAYA > lair

[laire] > [lair]

✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi