Ladros
The lands to the northeast of
Dorthonion that were granted by the
Noldorin Kings to the Men of the House of
Bëor.
Lalaith Laughter
Daughter of
Húrin and
Morwen who died in childhood.
Lammoth The Great Echo
Region north of the Firth of
Drengist, named from the echoes of
Morgoth's cry in his struggle with
Ungoliant.
Lamps of the Valar
Lanthir Lamath Waterfall of Echoing Voices
Place where
Dior had his house in
Ossiriand, and after which his daughter
Elwing ('Star-spray') was named.
lár pause
Númenórean measurement specifying a distance of five thousand
rangar, almost exactly equalling 5280 yards.
Last Alliance of Elves and Men
The league made at the end of the Second Age between
Elendil and
Gil-galad to defeat
Sauron.
Laurelin Song of Gold
The younger of the
Two Trees of Valinor.
Lay of Leithian
The long poem concerning the lives of
Beren and
Lúthien from which the prose account in The Silmarillion was derived. Leithian is translated 'Release from Bondage'.
Lebennin Lebennin
Lefnui
Legolas
One of the nine companions in the Fellowship of the Ring. Son of
Thranduil, King of the Elves of Northern Mirkwood.
lembas
Sindarin name of the waybread of the
Eldar (from earlier lennmbass 'journey-bread'; in Quenya coimas 'life-bread').
Lhûn
River in
Eriador flowing into the sea in the Gulf of Lhûn.
Linaewen Lake of birds
The great mere in
Nevrast.
Lindar the Singers
Name of the
Teleri for themselves.
Lindon
A name of
Ossiriand in the First Age. After the tumults at the end of the First Age the name Lindon was retained for the lands west of the
Blue Mountains that still remained above the Sea.
Little Gelion
One of the two tributary branches of the river
Gelion in the north, rising in the Hill of
Himring.
lmrahil
Lobelia Bracegirdle
A hobbit of the
Shire.
lómelindi dusk-singers
Quenya word meaning the nightingales.
Long Cleeve
Village in the
Shire.
Long Winter
The winter of TA 2768 with cold and great snows out of the North and the East which lasted for almost five months.
Lord of Dor-lómin
See
Húrin.
Lords of Andunië
Lórien
(1) The name of the gardens and dwelling-place of the Vala
Irmo, who was himself usually called Lórien.
(2) The land ruled by
Celeborn and
Galadriel between the rivers
Celebrant and
Anduin. Probably the original name of this land was altered to the form of the Quenya name Lórien of the gardens of the Vala Irmo in Valinor. In
Lothlórien the Sindarin word loth 'flower' is prefixed.
Lórindol Goldenhead
See
Hador.
Losgar
The place of the burning of the ships of the
Teleri by
Fëanor, at the mouth of the Firth of
Drengist.
Lothiriel
Lothlann Wide and empty
The great plain north of the March of
Maedhros.
Lothlórien Lórien of the Blossom
See
Lórien (2)
lsildur
Luinil
Name of a star (one shining with a blue light).
Lumbar
Name of a star.
Lune
English transliteration of
Lhûn.
Lúthien
The daughter of King
Thingol and
Melian the Maia, who after the fulfilment of the Quest of the Silmaril and the death of
Beren chose to become mortal and to share his fate.
>>> Tinúviel
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