A noun for “smith” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to ᴱQ. uru “fire” and hence based on the early root ᴱ√URU (GL/75; QL/98). In Gnomish Lexicon Slips modifying that document it became {awr >>} ŷr “smith” (PE13/115). See ᴱN. taglon for later “smith” words.
Gnomish
aura Archaic
masculine name. Smith
aur(a)
noun. Sun
aura-nûmin
proper name. Sunset
nalos·aura
proper name. Sunset
rost’aura
proper name. Sunrise
fôs aura
proper name. Sun’s Bath
orosaura
noun. sunrise
ûr
noun. smith
taglos
noun. smith
tagor Archaic
noun. smith
tagros
noun. smith
ŷr
noun. smith
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as Aur “Sun” (GL/20), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. Ûr from the root ᴱ√URU as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr; QL/098). It appeared as aura in G. nalos·aura “sunset” and G. orosaura “sunrise” (GL/59, 62). The word G. aur “sun” was also mentioned in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with corrections for that document (PE13/114), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. aur meant “day”, whereas N. Anor became the name of the Sun (Ety/ANÁR, AR¹).