Glend was the name given to a particularly long sword belonging to Nan,[1] an elm-like[2] Giant "of summer of the South"[2] during the Elder Days. During the Quest for the Silmaril,[3] Tinúviel invoked Glend in her lengthening spell[1] to escape Hírilorn[3] since it was one of the longest things in the world.[4][5]
Etymology[]
Glend is likely a Gnomish name with an unknown meaning. Christopher Tolkien speculated that it is possibly connected to the word glen(n)[6] ("slender;[7] thin, fine")[6] from glendrin ("slender") and glendrinios ("slenderness").[8]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. III: The Lays of Beleriand, III: The Lay of Leithian, "Canto V (Lúthien's captivity in Doriath)", pg. 205 (lines 1496-7)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, I: "The Tale of Tinúviel", "Notes and Commentary", (iii) Tinúviel’s ‘lengthening spell’, pgs. 67-8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, I: "The Tale of Tinúviel", The second version of the Tale of Tinúviel, pg. 46
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, I: "The Tale of Tinúviel", The Tale of Tinúviel, pg. 19 ("19")
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Parma Eldalamberon, issue XI: I·Lam na·Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of The Gnomish Tongue, "The Gnomish Lexicon", pg. 39 (entry "glenn")
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon, issue XI: I·Lam na·Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of The Gnomish Tongue, "The Gnomish Grammar", pg. 11
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales - Part II", entry "Glend"