Luvailin
Luvailin or Shadowmere was a mere in Eldamar under the shadow of Oiolossë.
Shadowmere is mentioned in Bilbo's song of Eärendil in Rivendell:
As the mere reflected the lights of the city of Tirion, "it must have lain in or near to" the valley of Calacirya.
Etymology
Luvailin appears only in the Unfinished index. The name Shadowmere is said to be its "translation". As Paul Strack explains, it could be a compound of root LUB ("shadow, darkness") + ailin ("lake").
Other versions of the legendarium
In an early version of Galadriel's Song, appears the lines:
A different version of the second line above was: Beneath the Hill of Ilmarin lies Aelinuial.
Referencias
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