nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.
Quenya
-nor
suffix. land, country
-ndor
land
-ndor
suffix. land, country
Cognates
- S. dôr “land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land” ✧ SA/dôr
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Andor “Land of Gift”
- Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land” ✧ SA/dôr
- Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351; UT/253
- Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
- Q. Lómëanor “Gloomyland” ✧ Let/308; LotR/1131; PE17/081
- Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ SA/dôr
- Q. Valandor “Land of the Valar” ✧ SA/dôr
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndor > ndor [-ndor] ✧ SA/dôr Variations
- ndor ✧ Let/308; SA/dôr; UT/253
- nor ✧ Let/308
- (n)dor ✧ Let/383
- -nor ✧ LotR/1131; PE17/081
nór
land
nór
noun. land
A term for “land” as in “(dry) land as opposed to the sea”, mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/413) and again in notes from around 1968 (PE17/106-107).
Possible Etymology: In the Quendi and Eldar essay this term was derived from primitive ✶ndōro, but in the aforementioned 1968 notes Tolkien clarified that its stem form was nŏr-. This means it was probably derived from ancient ✱ndŏr-, where the long vowel in the uninflected form was inherited from the Common Eldarin subjective form ✱ndōr, a phenomenon also seen in words like nér (ner-) “man”. I prefer this second derivation, as it makes the independent word more distinct from the suffixal form -ndor or -nóre used in the names of countries.
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndōr > nōr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/106 ✶NDŌR/NDŎR- > nôr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/107 ✶ndōro > nór [ndōro] > [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
- nôr ✧ PE17/107
nóre
noun. land
nórë
land
nórë noun "land" (associated with a particular people) (WJ:413), "country, land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live, race, clan" (NŌ, NDOR, BAL), also used = "race, tribe, people" (SA:dôr, PE17:169; however, the normal word for "people" is lië). Early "Qenya" hasnórë "native land, nation, family, country" (in compounds -nor) (LT1:272)
nórë
noun. land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family
Cognates
- S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people” ✧ PE17/169
Derivations
- ✶nōrē “kindred, race” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413
- √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/026; PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413
- √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/072; PE17/181
- √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”
- ✶ndorē “land” ✧ PE19/076
Element in
- Q. Alalvinórë “Land of Many Elms”
- Q. Aranórë “Kingsland”
- Q. Eldanor “Elvenland”
- Q. Elenna-nórë “The Land of the Star” ✧ UT/305
- Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land”
- Q. Lestanórë “Doriath, *(lit.) Land of the Girdle” ✧ WJ/369
- Q. Lóminórë “*Echoing Land”
- Q. -ndor “land, country” ✧ PE17/080
- ᴺQ. nórarwa “economy, (lit.) country-possessions”
- ᴺQ. nórëa “national”
- ᴺQ. nórecáno “governer, (lit.) country-leader”
- ᴺQ. noremma “map”
- ᴺQ. nórihalmë “map”
- ᴺQ. nóretur “governer, (lit.) country-ruler”
- ᴺQ. nóriecáno “president”
- Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ Let/303; Let/361; SA/dôr
- Q. Ondonórë “Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land”
- Q. Sindanórië “Grey Country, Land of Greyness” ✧ PE17/072
- Q. Valinórë “Land of the Valar” ✧ PE17/106; SA/dôr; WJ/413
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NDOR > nōre [ndōre] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/072 ✶nōrē > nórë [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/106 ✶nō-rē > nóre [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/107 ✶(o)nō-re > nóre [nōre] ✧ PE17/169 √ndŏr > nŏr [ndor] > [nor] ✧ PE17/181 ✶ndōrē > nóre [ndōrē] > [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE19/076 ✶nōrē > nóre [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōrë ✧ Let/303
- nóre ✧ Let/361; PE17/072; PE17/080; PE17/107; PE17/169; PE19/076; WJ/413
- nōre ✧ PE17/072; PE17/106
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
nár
flame
nár noun "flame", also nárë (NAR1).Translated "fire" in some names, see Aicanár(o), Fëanáro (where nár apparently has the masculine ending -o added to it). According to PE17:183, nár- is "fire as an element" (a concrete fire or blaze is rather called a ruinë).
nárë
flame
nárë, also short nár, noun "flame" (NAR1, Narqelion). Translated "fire" in some names, see Aicanáro, Fëanáro (where nár apparently has the masculine ending -o, though in the latter name it may also be the genitive ending since Fëa-náro** is translated "Spirit of Fire"). At one point, Tolkien mentioned "nār-" as the word for "fire (as an element)" (PE17:183). Cf. ruinë** as the word for "a fire" (a concrete instance of fire) in the same source.
uru
fire
uru noun "fire" (LT1:271)
úr
fire
úr noun "fire" (UR)This stem was struck out in Etym, but a word that must be derived from it occurs in LotR, so it seems that Tolkien restored it. Early "Qenya" also has Ûr, noun "the Sun" (also Úri, Úrinci ("k"), Urwen) (LT1:271). Cf. Úri.
sá
fire
sá noun "fire" (LT1:265; "Qenya" spelling sâ. Rather nárë in LotR-style Quenya.)
ruinë
fire, a blaze
ruinë noun "a fire, a blaze" (PE17:183). Compare nárë.
velca
flame
velca ("k") noun "flame" (LT1:260; nár, nárë would be the normal word in Tolkien's later Quenya)
-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)