Eldamo : Sindarin : lisg

S. #lisg n. “reed” (Category: Grass)

S. #lisg, n. “reed, [G.] sedge” (Category: Grass)

A word appearing as an element in the name Lisgardh “Land of Reeds” (UT/34).

Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this name was G. Arlisgion or Garlisgion “Place of Reeds” (LT2/153; GL/67), which contained G. lisg or lisc “reed, sedge” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/54). This became ᴱN. lhesg “sedge” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/148).

Reference ✧ UT/34 ✧ “reeds”

Element In

S. Lisgardh “Land of Reeds” ✧ UT/34

Cognates

ᴹQ. liske “reed”

Derivations

< √LISKI “?reed”

ᴱN. lhesg n. “sedge” (Category: Grass)

See S. #lisg for discussion.

Reference ✧ PE13/148 ✧ “sedge”

G. lisg n. “reed, sedge” (Category: Grass)

See S. #lisg for discussion.

References ✧ GL/54; LT2A/Arlisgion; PE13/102; PE15/28; QL/55

Glosses

“reed” ✧ LT2A/Arlisgion; PE15/28
“reed, sedge” ✧ GL/54; LT2A/Arlisgion

Variations

lisg ✧ GL/54; LT2A/Arlisgion; LT2A/Arlisgion; PE13/102; PE15/28; QL/55
lisc ✧ GL/54; LT2A/Arlisgion

Element In

G. Garlisgion “Place of Reeds” ✧ LT2A/Arlisgion; PE13/102 (Garlisgiol)
G. liscaloth “reedy, reed grown” ✧ GL/54

Cognates

ᴱQ. liske “sedge, reeds” ✧ LT2A/Arlisgion; PE15/28; QL/55