Sunday, October 11, 2009

Lake, in J.R.R. Tolkien's words

The Quenya words for lake are ailin (pool, lake) and ringwë (cold pool or mountain lake).

The Sindarin words for lake are (shallow lake, fenland), nen (water; used of a lake, pool or lesser river), ael or oel (lake, pool, mere), and rim or rhim (cold pool or mountain lake).

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