S. Glewellin pn. “Song of Gold”
Sindarin cognate of Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold” appearing in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s but not in the published version of The Silmarillion (MR/155). It is a combination of Old Sindarin †glawar “gold” (PE17/61) and lind¹ “song”, with the vowels in the initial element shifted to e because of the i in the last syllable.
Conceptual Development: The name N. Glewellin first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/210). In The Etymologies, it already had the derivation given above (Ety/LÁWAR). @@@ Glorlin
References ✧ MR/155; MRI; PE17/61
Glosses
Elements
| glawar | “gold (light or colour)” |
| lind¹ | “song, chant, singing; singer” |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| OS. †glawar-lin > Glewellin | [glawarlinde] > [glawallinde] > [glewellinde] > [glewellind] > [glewellinn] > [glewellin] | ✧ PE17/61 |
N. Glewellin pn. “Song of Gold”
References ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; LR/210; LRI
Glosses
Elements
| glawar | “sunlight, radiance of Laurelin” | ✧ Ety/LÁWAR |
| lhinn | “air, tune” |
Cognates