noldo
proper name. one of the wise folk, Gnome
pennas-na-ngoelaidh
proper name. History of the Noldoli
golodh
noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome
pennas ingeleidh
proper name. History of the Gnomes
Noldorin equivalent to ᴹQ. Qenta Noldorinwa, one of the names of the Silmarillion story cycle (LR/201). This name is a combination of pennas “history”, the definite article i “the” and the nasal-mutated plural of Golodh “Gnome”.
Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as N. Pennas-na-Ngoelaidh (SM/77), using na “of” and an earlier form of the plural of Golodh, along with a number of similar variants, the last being the one given above. The Sindarin form of this name has not appeared.
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
noldo
proper name. Gnome
noldorissa
noun. Language of the Noldoli
fairinoldor
collective name. Free-noldoli
virtinoldor
collective name. thrall-noldoli
noldo
proper name. one of the wise folk, Gnome
qenta noldorinwa
proper name. History of the Gnomes
ngolodo
noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome
guilfo
proper name. the Noldoli
gold
noun. Gnome
goldrin
adjective. Gnome
goltha
noun. Gnome
gul
noun. Gnome
(n)gold
noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome
A Doriathrin name for the ᴹQ. Noldo from the same primitive root ᴹ√ÑGÓLOD (Ety/ÑGOLOD). In the entry for ÑGOLOD in The Etymologies, it appeared as (n)gold, indicating a variation of the usual rule that [[ilk|initial [ŋg] became [g]]] in Ilkorin. The second [o] of the primitive form was lost due to the Ilkorin syncope. Its genitive form golda also appeared as an element in the name Goldamir “✱Noldo-jewel” = Silmaril.
gold
noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome
golda
noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome
A noun glossed “one of the wise folk, Gnome” developed from the root ᴹ√ÑGOLOD (Ety/ÑGOLOD), most likely from primitive ✱✶ñgolodō given its cognates. It is an example of the Danian syncope, with second unstressed [o] vanishing after the identical vowel. It is also one of the Danian words for which a long final vowel developed into short final [a]. Finally, it provides an example of how initial nasals vanished before stops.
golodo
noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome
goloth
noun. gnome
golt
noun. gnome
ñgolod
root. one of the wise folk, Gnome
ñgolodō
noun. gnome
An Elf of the second tribe, known as “The Wise” (WJ/383). Their name developed from the primitive root √ÑGOL having to do with wisdom (PM/360, WJ/383).
Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Noldo dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, and in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, where it already had the derivation given above (QL/67). In Tolkien’s earlier writings, he often translated this name as “Gnome”, in the sense of the Greek origin of this word (having to do with thought and wisdom) rather than that of a dwarf-like creature. This translation of ᴹQ. Noldo continued to appear in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/201), but became less common in Tolkien’s later writings, and was not used in the published version of The Silmarillion.
In Tolkien’s earliest writings, the plural form of this word was usually ᴱQ. Noldoli (LT1/21), but by the 1930s this had been replaced by ᴹQ. Noldor (LR/119), the form that was used thereafter.
In notes from the 1950s, Tolkien considered an alternate etymology of this name from the root √ÑGOL “dark-hued, dark-brown” referring to their dark hair (PE17/125), just as the tribal name of the Vanya referred to their fair hair. Presumably he considered this alternate origin because the newly-awakened Noldor would not yet have been known for their wisdom, but there is no evidence that this alternate etymology was anything other than a transient idea.