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'''''gloss'''''<ref name=VT/> (or '''''glos(s)'''''<ref name=RGEO/>) is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "(dazzling) white"<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p. 18</ref> | '''''gloss'''''<ref name=VT/> (or '''''glos(s)'''''<ref name=RGEO/>) is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "(dazzling) white"<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p. 18</ref>/"dazzling-white"<ref name=RGEO>{{RGEO|Notes}}, p. 70</ref>. | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
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Noldorin[edit | edit source]
gloss is a Noldorin word meaning both "snow" and "snow-white" (adj.).[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Sindarin[edit | edit source]
gloss[2] (or glos(s)[3]) is a Sindarin word meaning "(dazzling) white"[2]/"dazzling-white"[3].
Etymology[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- loss ("snow")
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 359
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 18
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 70
