laws (N. lhaws) n. hair ringlet ◇ Ety/370, X/LH
le pron. 2nd to thee (reverential) ◇ LotR/II:I, LotR/IV:X, RGEO/72-73, Letters/278, LB/354
lebdas n. index finger ◇ VT/48:5
leben (N. lheben) adj. num. card. five ◇ Ety/368, TAI/150, VT/42:24-25, VT/47:10, VT/47:24, VT/48:6, X/LH
lebenedh n. middle finger ◇ VT/48:5
lebent n. ring finger ◇ VT/48:5
Leber n. finger ◇ VT/47:10,23-24, VT/48:5 Replaced lebed
lebethron n. a tree - a black Gondorian hard-wood (grown in Ithilien) that was used by the woodwrights of Gondor ◇ LotR/IV:VII, LotR/VI:V, WR/176 ◈ In the original manuscript, one of the earlier (rejected) form of this name was lebendron. Didier Willis proposed the etymology lebed+doron "finger-oak", a real tree (Finger Oak or Quercus digitata)
lebig n.dim. little finger ◇ VT/48:5,15
ᵲ lebthil n. pentagon 'five points'
ᵲ ledh- v. to travel, journey
lefenar (N. lhevnar) n. week (originally of five days) ◇ VT/45:27, X/LH, X/Z
leithia- v. to release ◇ Ety/368, X/LH
leithian (N. lheithian) n. release, freeing, release from bondage ◇ Ety/368, S/406, X/LH
lembas n. journey bread made by the Elves ◇ PM/404, LotR/II:VIII ◇ lend+bass
lemui (N. lefnui) adj.num.ord. fifth ◇ WR/436, VT/42:25, TI/312
* lend I n. journey ← lenn-mbas PM/404, X/ND1
lend II (N. lhend) adj. tuneful, sweet ◇ Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1
ᵲ lendren adv. tunefully, sweetly (lend+-ren)
lest n. girdle ◇ WJ/333, WJ/225, WJ/228
lethril (N. lhethril) n. fem. hearer, listener, eavesdropper ◇ VT/45:26, X/LH
leweg n. worm (from the garden) (PE/17)
lhaew (N. thlaew) adj. sickly, sick, ill ◇ Ety/386, X/OE, X/LH
lhain (N. thlein) adj. lean, thin, meagre ◇ Ety/386, X/LH
Lhaw n.pl. ears, pair of ◇ Ety/368, LotR/II:IX ◇ OS See also lhewig
lh (N. thl) n. fine thread, spider filament ◇ Ety/386, X/LH
lhewig n.sing. of lhaw, ear ◇ Ety/368, LotR/II:IX ◇ lhaw+-ig
ᵲ lhewigorf n. earring, 'lhewig+corf'
lhind (N. thlind, thlinn) adj. fine, slender ◇ Ety/386, X/LH, X/ND1
lhing (N. thling) n. spider, spider's web, cobweb ◇ Ety/386, X/LH
lhingril (N. thlingril) n. spider ◇ Ety/386, X/LH
lhw (N. fliw, thliw) n. sickness ◇ Ety/386, X/LH
lhoer n. venom, PE/17
lhn n. sound, noise, PE/17
lhoss (N. thloss) n. whisper or rustling sound ◇ Ety/386, X/LH
lhg n. snake, serpent ◇ Ety/370, S/434
lhn adj. full of water, applied particularly to rivers always full of water (that drained from the mountains) PE/17:137
ᵲ lhussa- v. to whisper (SLUS, Q lussa-)
l n. people (of one kind or origin) PE/17:190
* lif n. link ← molif "hand-link" VT/47:6
ᵲ ligum n. candle
ᵲ lilth n. dance
ᵲ liltha- v. to dance
lim I adv. swift, swiftly ← noro lim LotR/I:XII, PE/17 ◈ Untranslated in LotR, but confirmed in PE/17
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lim II adj. clear, sparkling, light ◇ WJ/337
lim III (N. lhim) n. large fish ◇ Ety/369, X/LH See also hl
limlug (N. lhimlug) n. fish-dragon, sea-serpent ◇ Ety/370, X/LH ◇ lim+lhg
limmida- v. to moisten ◇ Ety/369, X/LH
limp (N. lhimp) adj. wet ◇ Ety/369, X/LH
ᵲ limraedor n. fisherman
ln I adj. poss. 2nd thy (reverential) ◇ VT/44:21,24
ln II (N. lhn) n. pool ◇ Ety/369, X/LH
lind (N. lhind, lhinn) n. air, tune ◇ Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1
ᵲ ling adj. purple
ᵲ lingui n. hyacinth
* liniath n. coll. of ln, pools ← Hithliniath WJ/194
* linna- v. to sing ← linnathon LotR/II:I
linnod n. 1. (?) a single verse used as a maxim ○ 2. (?) a chant of a certain metrical type, where each (half-)verse is composed of seven syllables ◇ LotR/A(iv) ◈OS? *lindot- (singulative) or lind (linn) + od(og) "chant of seven"
lr I (N. lhr) n. row, range ◇ Ety/369, X/LH
lr II (N. lhr) n. song, poem, lay ◇ VT/45:28, X/LH ⇒ It is probable this is a mutated version of glr
* liria- v. to sing ◇ VT/45:28 see also linna-
liss adj. fragrant UT/189
lith n. ash, sand, dust ◇ Ety/369, S/434, TC/178
lithui adj. ashen, ashy, of ash, ash-coloured, dusty ◇ S/434, UT/435, RGEO/74, TC/178, VT/42:10
l n. shallow lake, fenland ◇ UT/263, VT/42:8-10
Lobor n. horse, for working ◇ VT/45:28 see also roch
loch (N. lhoch) n. ringlet ◇ Ety/370, X/LH
loda- (N. lhoda-) v. to float ◇ Ety/370, X/LH
loeg n. pool ◇ S/407, UT/450, LotR/Map
loen adj. soaking wet, swamped ◇ VT/42:10
lom (N. lhom) adj. weary ◇ VT/45:29, X/LH
lond n. 1. narrow path or strait ○ 2. by ext., entrance to harbour, land-locked haven ◇ Ety/348, Ety/370, S/434, UT/450, VT/42:10, X/LH, X/ND1
long (N. lhong) adj. heavy ◇ Ety/370, X/LH
lonnath n. coll. of lond, havens ◇ WR/294, WR/370
lorn (N. lhorn) n. 1. quiet water ○ 2. by ext., anchorage, harbour ◇ VT/45:29, X/LH
loss n. snow (especially fallen or long-lying snow) ◇ S/434, VT/42:18, RGEO/70
lossen adj. snowy ◇ RGEO/70
ᵲ lossivor n. snowflake (snow-crystal)
Lossoth n. class pl. of loss, the Snowmen ◇ LotR/A, RGEO/70 ◇ loss+hoth
lost (N. lhost) adj. empty ◇ Ety/370, X/LH
ᵲ losta- v. to sleep
Loth (N. lhoth) n. flower, inflorescence, a head of small flowers ◇ Ety/370, LB/354, VT/42:18, X/LH ◈ The noun is collective, a single flower being lotheg
lotheg n.sing. of loth, (single) flower ◇ VT/42:18 ◇ loth + -eg
ᵲ lothlas n. petal (flower-leaf)
