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1 FLOOD
(verb) luita-, also oloiya- (inundate). –VT48:23, VT42:10 (noun) luimë (high tide), GREAT FLOOD oloirë. For FLOOD in the sense of “tide” cf. rather celumë (stream, flow, flowing), ulundë, lúto; FLOODING (adj) úlëa (flowing, pouring) –VT48:23, 24, VT42:10, ULU, KEL/MC:223, LT1:249 -
2 TIDE
– lowtide: nanwë (ebb); high tide: luimë (flood). Partially illegible glosses referred to in VT48:30 may suggest that luimë can also refer to any tide, or the spring tide. –VT48:26, 23, 24, 30 -
3 STREAM
(vb) celu- ("streem out swiftly"; there is also a noun celu "stream"), STREAM (noun) celumë (flow, flowing, flood, tide), celu, sírë (river); STREAM IN THE WIND hlapu- (fly in the wind; part. hlápula is attested) –UT:446, LT1:265, MC:223, 222/LT1:257 -
4 HIGH
tára (lofty, tall), oro- (in compounds: oromardi "high-halls"). The element \#Ar- in Arfanyarassë (a name of Taniquetil) is said to mean "high (i.e., noble, revered)". VERY HIGH antara (with Antaro as a corresponding proper name, denoting a mountain in Valinor, VT46:17) (lofty). HIGH HEAVEN tarmenel (locative tarmeneldë also attested), HIGH PLACE \#tarmen (pl. locative tarmenissen attested), HIGH TIDE luimë (flood). –WJ:417, Nam/RGEO:66, WJ:416, VT45:5/VT46:17, VT44:34, VT48:23, 24
См. также в других словарях:
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