Lirillo (A name of Salmar-Noldorin, p. 144.) See Lindelos.

Lуmлarni (A name of the Dark Elves, p. 244 note 6.) See Hisilуmл.

Lomendбnar ‘Days of Gloaming’ (p. 69). See Hisilуmл, Danuin.

Lуrien A derivative of the root LORO ‘slumber’, with lor- ‘to slumber’, lorda ‘drowsy, slumbrous’ also olor, olуrл ‘dream’, olуrлa ‘dreamy’. (For much later formulation of words from this root, including Olуrin (Gandalf), see Unfinished Tales p. 396.) In GL are given lыr ‘slumber’, Lъriel changed to Lъrin="Qenya" Lъrien, and also olm, oloth, olor ‘dream, apparition, vision’, oltha ‘appear as an apparition’. Cf. Eriol, Olofantur, Olуrл Mallл.

Lъmin (Rejected name for Aluin ‘Time’, p. 222.) GL has lыm ‘time’, luin ‘gone, past’, lu ‘occasion, time’, lыtha ‘pass (of time), come to pass’. Aluin perhaps belongs here also.

Luvier I have translated this word on the ‘World-Ship’ drawing as ‘Clouds’ (p. 85) on the basis of words in QL derived from the root LUVU: luvu- ‘lower, brood’, lumbo ‘dark lowering cloud’, lъrл ‘dark weather’, lъrлa ‘dark, overcast’. GL has lum ‘cloud’, lumbri ‘foul weather’, lumbrin, lumba ‘overcast’, lur- ‘hang, lower, of clouds’.

Makar Given in QL (‘God of battle’) under root MAKA, with mak- ‘slay’, makil ‘sword’. His Gnomish name is Magron or Magorn, with related words mactha- ‘slay’, macha ‘slaughter, battle’, magli ‘a great sword’. See Meбssл.

In the Valar name-list Makar is called also Ramandor. This was the original name of the King of the Eagles in The Fall of Gondolin, replaced by Sorontur. In QL under root RAMA (rama- ‘to shout’, rambл ‘a shout’, ran ‘noise’) Ramandor is translated ‘the Shouter, ="Makar$$$rsquo###."

Mandos This name is defined in QL as ‘the halls of Vк and Fui (hell)’, and a comparison made with -mandu in Angamandu ‘Hells of Iron’. In GL is the following entr1y: ‘Bandoth [later changed to Bannoth] (cf. Angband)="Mandos" (1) the region of the waiting souls of the dead (2) the God who judged the dead Elves and Gnomes (3) improperly used exclusively of his hall, properly called Gwк [changed to Gwо] or Ingwi’. For this distinction between the region Mandos, in which dwelt the death-gods, and their halls Vк and Fui, see p. 76, 89–90.

Mбnir Not in QL; but GL has ‘mуna or mуni: the spirits of the air, children of Manweg’. Further relations are indicated in the following entry: ‘manos (plural manossin): a spirit that has gone to the Valar or to Erumбni (Edhofon). Cf. mуna, Q. mбnл.’ See Eruman and p. 91 ff. Other words are mani ‘good (of men and character only), holy’ (QL manл ‘good (moral)’), mandra ‘noble’, and Manweg (Q. Manwл).

Manwл See Mбnir. The Gnomish names are Man and Manweg (for-weg see Bronweg).

Mar Vanwa Tyaliйva For Mar see Eldamar, and for Vanwa see Qalvanda. Tyaliл ‘play, game’ is an isolated entry in QL under root TYALA.

Meбssл A late, hasty entry in QL adds Meбssл ‘sister of Makar, Amazon with bloody arms’ to the root MEHE ‘ooze?’, whence mear ‘gore’. In GL she is Mechos and Mechothli (mechor ‘gore’), and is also called Magrintha ‘the red-handed’ (magru=macha ‘slaughter, battle’, magrusaig ‘bloodthirsty’). In the Valar name-list she is called Rбvл or Ravenni; in QL the root RAVA has many derivatives, as rauta- ‘to hunt’, raust ‘hunting, preying’, Raustar a name of Oromл, rau (plural rбvi) ‘lion’, ravennл ‘she-lion’, Rбvi a name of Meбssл. Very similar forms are given in GL: rau ‘lion’, rausta ‘to hunt’, raust ‘hunt’.

Melko The name is entered in QL but without etymological affinity. In GL the corresponding name is Belca, changed to Belcha, with a note referring to Qenya velka ‘flame’. In the Valar name-list he is called Yelur (root DYELE, whence Qenya yelwa ‘cold’, Yelin ‘winter’); the Gnomish form is Geluim, Gieluim, ‘name of Belcha when exercising his opposite functions of extreme cold, Q. Yeloimu’, cf. Gilim ‘winter’. Melko is also called in the name-list Ulban(d), which is found in QL glossed ‘monster’, under the negative prefix UL-; his son Kosomot (Gothmog) was ‘by Ulbandi’ (p. 93). Other names for him in Gnomish are Uduvrin (see Utumna) and Angainos (see Angaino).

Meril-i-TurinqiMeril is not in QL, but turinqi ‘queen’ is given with a great many other derivatives of the root TURU ‘be strong’, including Turambar (Turumarto), and tur ‘king’. In GL are tur- ‘can, have power to’, tыr ‘king’, turwin ‘queen’, turm ‘authority, rule; strength’. turinthi ‘princess, especially title of Gwidhil’. Cf. Sorontur, Valatъru. Tuor.

There are also these later additions in GL: ‘Gwidhil-i-Durinthi= Meril-i-Turinqi Queen of Flowers’ gwethra ‘bloom, flourish’ and the stem gwe1dh- is here compared to Qenya mer-, which is not in QL.

Minethlos GL min ‘one, single’, mindon ‘tower, properly an isolated turret or peak’, mineth ‘island’, Minethlos ‘Argent Isle (Moon)’—the same translation is given in the text, p. 192. Under root MI QL has mir ‘one’, minqл ‘eleven’ and under root MINI mindon ‘turret’. The second element of Minethlos must in fact be lфs ‘flower’ (see Gar Lossion).

Miruvor QL miruvуrл ‘nectar, drink of the Valar’ (see p. 161), with miru ‘wine’ GL mirofor (or gurmir) ‘drink of the Gods’, mоr, miros ‘wine’.

Moritarnon ‘Door of Night’ (see Morniл). GL gives tarn ‘gate’, tarnon ‘porter’. Cf. Tarn Fui.

Morniл Not in QL, but one of the many derivatives of root MORO, as moru- ‘to hide’, mori ‘night’, morna, morqa ‘black’, morion ‘son of the dark’. (A curious item is Morwen ‘daughter of the dark’, Jupiter. In the original tale of Tъrin his mother was not named Morwen.) The Gnomish name of the death-ship is Mornir, a later addition to original entries morn ‘dark, black’, morth ‘darkness’, mortha ‘dim’, with the note ‘the black ship that plies between Mandos and Erumбni, Q. Morniл (Black Grief)’. The second element is therefore nоr ‘grief’ (<ni