Ailin (lake in Valinor)

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This article is about a lake in the early legendarium. For the Quenya word, see ailin.

Ailin was the name of a great lake in Valinor, according to the early version of the legendarium associated with The Book of Lost Tales.[1] Nothing else is known about it.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The name Ailin is in Qenya. It means "lake, pool".[2]

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings", in Parma Eldalamberon XV (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 14
  2. ↑ Paul Strack, "ᴱQ. ailin (ailind-) n.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 11 April 2022)
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