aranórë

place name. Kingsland

The Quenya equivalent of Arnor, with many variants (Aranórë being the most easily decomposed). It is a compound of either ar(a)- “royal” or aran “king”, with the second element either nórë or -ndor “land”. See the entry for Arnor for further discussion.

Cognates

• S. Arnor “Royal Land” ✧ Let/428; PE17/028

Derivatives

• S. Arnor “Royal Land” ✧ Let/428; PE17/028; PE17/118

Elements

Word	Gloss
aran	“king”
nórë	“land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family”

Variations

• arnanórë/arnanor ✧ Let/428
• arn(a)dor ✧ Let/428
• Arandóre ✧ PE17/028
• aranōre ✧ PE17/028 (✶aranōre)
• Aranor ✧ PE17/118
• Arandor ✧ UT/165; UTI/Arandor

aranor

noun. *Sun-day

Changes

• Aranor → Oranor ✧ PM/138

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Anarya “Sunday, (lit.) Sun-day” ✧ PM/130

Elements

Word	Gloss
ar-	“day”
Anor	“Sun”