Eldamo : Quenya : laurë

Q. laurë, n. “gold (light or colour)”

Glosses

“(a) golden light” ✧ VT49/47.1801
“gold” ✧ PE17/080.1002; RGEO/62.2601; SA/laurë.001; UT/253.0206-1; UT/253.1405; PE17/076.2712 (†laure)
“gold (colour not metal), golden light” ✧ Let/308.0106
“golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers” ✧ PE17/159.2306
“golden light or colour” ✧ PM/353.1510
“sheen of gold” ✧ PE19/079.4110 (laurē)
“†gold, golden light” ✧ PE17/061.2403

Variations

Nan. Loeg Ningloron Sindarin form laurë “gold” ✧ SA/laurë.020
silmë “starlight; moonlight, †silver [light]” is probably the silver equivalent of laurë “gold (light or colour)”
S. Glóredhel with Sindarin form of laurë “gold” ✧ SA/laurë.018
S. Glorfindel with Sindarin form of laurë “gold” ✧ SA/laurë.019
S. Lórindol contains the Sindarin form of laurë “gold” ✧ SA/laurë.022
S. Rathlóriel includes the Sindarin form of laurë “gold” ✧ SA/laurë.023

Element In

⇒ Q. Ingalaurë “*Top Gold”
⇒ Q. laurëa “golden” ✧ PE17/061.2604; RGEO/62.3006
⇒ Q. Laurefindele “Golden Haired”
⇒ Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold, Singing Gold” ✧ PE17/061.2505; PE17/080.1009; SA/laurë.013
⇒ Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/448.3102-1 (Laurelindórinan); PE17/048.3307 (Laurelindórinan); UT/253.1507 (Laurelindórinan)
⇒ Q. laurië “goldenness; like gold” ✧ PE17/061.2607
⇒ Q. laurinquë “yellow-flowered tree”
⇒ Q. Macalaurë “Forging Gold” ✧ PM/353.1202 (Makalaure); VT41/10.2202 (Makalaure)
⇒ Q. Laurenandë “Valley of Gold” ✧ UT/253.0206
⇒ Q. nai laurë lantuva parmastanna lúmissen tengwiesto “may (a) golden light fall on your book at the times of your reading” ✧ VT49/47.1000

Cognates

Nan. lór- “gold” ✧ PE17/048.3612
S. †glawar “gold (light or colour); sunlight, radiance (of Laurelin)” ✧ PE17/048.3701; PE17/061.2414; PE17/159.2402; VT41/10.2405

Derivations

< ✶glawarē “sheen of gold” ✧ PE17/159.2307 (laurē); PE19/079.4017; VT41/10.2404 (glaware)
- < ʒlaurē < glaurē < glawarē ✧ PE19/079.4017
- < √(G)LAWAR “gold (colour)” ✧ PE17/159.1602 (LAWAR)