Laurë
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laurë is a Quenya word meaning "gold (of light and colour, not metal)",[1] "light of the golden Tree Laurelin, gold",[2] or just simply "golden light".[3]
Examples
- Ingalaurë, "Inga-gold"; the mother-name of Finarfin due to his golden hair of his mother's people[4]
- Laurelin, "Song of Gold"; name of one of the Two Trees of Valinor [5]
- Laurelindórenan, "Valley of Singing Gold";[6] and older name for Lothlórien[7]
- Laurenandë, "Valley of Gold"; another name for Lothlórien[6]
- laurië (plural adjective), "golden"[8]
- laurina, "golden"[9]
- laurinquë, possible "gold-ful one";[10] a tree in Hyarrostar in Númenor with yellow flowers[11]
- Makalaurë, "forging gold"; a prophetic mother-name for Maglor[12]
See Also
- cul-, "golden-red"
- Gate of Gold
- mal-, "gold"
- malta and malda, "gold (the metal)"
- Ormal
- pharaz, "gold" (Adûnaic)
- telpë, "silver"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names", entry laurë
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "The Etymologies", entry LÁWAR-
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter (ed.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230 (June 8 1961)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Later Quenta Silmarillion", "Later versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", note 5
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Window on the West"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië", p. 66
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part 1, "Appendix"
- ↑ Helge Kåre Fauskanger, Ardalambion, Quenya Wordlists
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "A Description of the Island of Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
