S. Maeglin m. “Sharp Glance”
Son of Eöl whose treachery led to the fall of Gondolin, translated “Sharp Glance” (S/133). His name is a combination of maeg “sharp” and glîn(n) “gleam, glint” (SA/maeg, glîn; WJ/337).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, his name was G. Meglin (LT2/164), and remained N. Meglin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/136, LR/274). The earliest iteration of this name might be tied to G. meg “any small animal, (esp.) mole” (GL/57), since this character was the leader of the house of the Mole (LT2/175); hat-tip to Ivar the Boneless for this suggestion. In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien considered several other replacements: Glindûr, Targlîn, Morlîn and Morleg (WJ/91, 323), but ultimately settled on Maeglin (WJ/122, note §119).
References ✧ LBI/Meglin; LT2I/Maeglin, Meglin; PMI; S/133; SA/glîn, maeg; SI; SMI/Meglin; UTI; WJ/48, 122, 146, 323, 337; WJI/Glindûr, Maeglin, Meglin, Morleg, Morlîn, Targlîn
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| maeg | “sharp, piercing” | ✧ SA/maeg | |
| glîn(n) | “gleam, glint” | ✧ SA/glîn (glîn); WJ/337 (glînn) | |
| ✶maikā¹ | “sharp, penetrating, going deep in” | ✧ WJ/337 | |
N. Meglin m.
References ✧ LRI; SMI; WJ/91, 122, 146, 323; WJI
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| meglin | “*bear-like” |
ᴱN. Meglin m.
Reference ✧ LBI/Meglin
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G. Meglin m.
References ✧ LT2I/Maeglin, Meglin; PE13/103-104
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