√GLIM root. “gleam, glint”
A Sindarin-only root glossed “gleam, glint” Tolkien coined to explain the name Maeglin (PM/337). Tolkien said it was used “usually of fine slender but bright shafts of light ... particularly applied to light of eyes”.
Reference ✧ WJ/337 ✧ glim “gleam, glint”
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