Lavan n. animal (usually applied to four-footed beasts, and never to reptiles or birds) WJ/388, WJ/416 see also celf

†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

lebthil n. pentagon 'five points'

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

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

†lhк (N. thlк) n. fine thread, spider filament Ety/386, X/LH

lhewig n.sing. of lhaw, ear Ety/368, LotR/II:IX lhaw+-ig

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

†lhоw (N. fliw, thliw) n. sickness Ety/386, X/LH

lhoer n. venom, PE/17

lhфn n. sound, noise, PE/17

†lhoss (N. thloss) n. whisper or rustling sound Ety/386, X/LH

lhыg n. snake, serpent Ety/370, S/434

lhыn adj. full of water, applied particularly to rivers always full of water (that drained from the mountains) PE/17:137

lhussa- v. to whisper (SLUS, Q lussa-)

lоn. people (of one kind or origin) PE/17:190

*lif n. link molif "hand-link" VT/47:6

ligum n. candle

lilth n. dance

liltha- v. to dance

lim I adv. swift, swiftly noro lim LotR/I:XII, PE/17 Untranslated in LotR, but confirmed in PE/17

lim II adj. clear, sparkling, light WJ/337

†lim III (N. lhim) n. large fish Ety/369, X/LH See also hвl

†limlug (N. lhimlug) n. fish-dragon, sea-serpent Ety/370, X/LH lim+lhыg

†limmida- v. to moisten Ety/369, X/LH

†limp (N. lhimp) adj. wet Ety/369, X/LH

limraedor n. fisherman

lоn I adj. poss. 2nd thy (reverential) VT/44:21,24

†lоn II(N. lhоn) n. pool Ety/369, X/LH

†lind (N. lhind, lhinn) n. air, tune Ety/369, X/LH, X/ND1

¶ ling adj. purple

¶ lingui n. hyacinth

*liniath n. coll. of lоn, 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"

†lоr I (N. lhоr) n. row, range Ety/369, X/LH

†lоr II (N. lhоr) n. song, poem, lay VT/45:28, X/LH It is probable this is a mutated version of glоr

*liria- v. to sing VT/45:28 see also linna-

lissadj. 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

lф 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

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

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

¶ lothlas n. petal (flower-leaf)