Laurë

laurë is a Quenya word glossed as:

1. "gold, not the metal but the colour, what we would should call golden light"
2. "golden colour of sunshine or golden flowers"
3. "light of the golden Tree Laurelin, gold"
4. "gold"

Etymology

In the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems", laure derives from root LAW.

In the Etymologies, laure derives from root LÁWAR-.

Examples

• Ingalaurë, "Inga-gold"; the mother-name of Finarfin due to his golden hair of his mother's people
• Laurelin, "Song of Gold"; name of one of the Two Trees of Valinor
• Laurelindórenan, "Valley of Singing Gold"; and older name for Lothlórien
• Laurenandë, "Valley of Gold"; another name for Lothlórien
• laurië (plural adjective), "golden"
• laurinquë, possible "gold-ful one"; a tree in Hyarrostar in Númenor with yellow flowers
• Makalaurë, "forging gold"; a prophetic mother-name for Maglor

laurë is a Qenya word meaning "gold". The word derives from root LAURE. A related form is laurina, "golden".

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