Luvailin

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Luvailin or Shadowmere is a mere in Eldamar under the shadow of Oiolossë.[1] The Quenya name Luvailin only appears in the Unfinished index, Shadowmere is mentioned in Bilbo's song of Eärendil in Rivendell:

...where [i.e. in Elvenhome] pale as glass
beneath the Hill of Ilmarin
a-glimmer in a valley sheer
the lamplit towers of Tirion
are mirrored on the Shadowmere.
[2]

Etymology

The name Luvailin seems to contain elements luv- *'shadow-' (seemingly from √LUM, LUB 'shadow, darkness',[3]) and ailin 'pool, lake'.[4]

References

  1. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 217 (citing from the Unfinished index).
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Many Meetings"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 161, 168
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" s.v. AY-, p. 349