sorna
steadfast
sorna
adjective. steadfast
Cognates
- S. thorn “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113
Derivations
- √STOR “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √THOR > thorna > sorna [tʰorna] > [θorna] > [sorna] ✧ PE17/113
sarta
steadfast, trusty, loyal
sarta adj. "steadfast, trusty, loyal" (PE17:183)
thorn
adjective. steadfast
adj. steadfast. Q. thorna, sorna. >> Arathorn
thorn
adjective. steadfast
Cognates
- Q. sorna “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113
Derivations
- √STOR “steadfast” ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √THOR > thorn [tʰorna] > [θorna] > [θorn] ✧ PE17/113 √STOR > thorn [storna] > [sθorna] > [θorna] > [θorn] ✧ PE17/113 Variations
- thorn ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113
him
steadfast
1) him (abiding), lenited chim, no distinct pl. form. Note that homophones include both the adjective ”cool” and the adverb ”continually”.
him
steadfast
(abiding), lenited chim, no distinct pl. form. Note that homophones include both the adjective ”cool” and the adverb ”continually”.
brenia
endure
1) brenia- (i vrenia, i mreniar), 2) dartha- (i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, last) (VT45:8) LONG ENDURED, see brûn under OLD
brenia
endure
(i vrenia, i mreniar)
brûn
long endured
under
thalion
steadfast
thalion (dauntless, strong), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.
thalion
steadfast
(dauntless, strong), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.
dartha
endure
(i dhartha, i narthar) (stay, wait, remain, last) (VT45:8)
stor
root. steadfast
A root appearing Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 serving as an explanation for the element S. thorn “steadfast” in the name S. Arathorn, first appearing in a rejected page with variants √STOR and √THOR (PE17/113-114) and then later as only √THOR (PE17/113). This root may be connected to Q. torna “hard” in notes on Quenya intensive forms written between the first and second edition of The Lord of the Rings, where it was an element in Q. tornanga “hard iron”, with intensive forms aristorna, anastorna that imply derivation from √STOR (PE17/56).
Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would assume this root is √STOR to avoid conflict with ᴹ√THOR(ON), the basis for “eagle” words.
Derivatives
Element in
- Q. Hyarastorni “?South Fastness”
Variations
- THOR ✧ PE17/113; PE17/113; PE17/186; PE17/187
thor
root. steadfast
bôr
noun/adjective. steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. boron > bór [boron] > [boro] > [bor] > [bōr] ✧ Ety/BOR Variations
- bór ✧ Ety/BOR
brenia-
verb. to endure
The form bronio in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/45:7
him
adjective. continually
him
adjective. steadfast, abiding
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!
boron
masculine name. Boron
boron
noun/adjective. steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal
A word meaning “steadfast, trusty man, faithful vassal” developed from the primitive form ᴹ✶bóron- (Ety/BOR). Because the initial syllable was stressed in the primitive form, the initial [bor-] did not reduce to [br-] as it did when the primitive vowel was unstressed. The glosses seem to indicate that it could be used as an adjective “steadfast” or a noun “trusty man, faithful vassal”. However, it is possible that the first part of the gloss is meant to read “steadfast/trusty man”, so that the word is only a noun.
Derivations
Element in
- Ilk. Elboron “Steadfast Star” ✧ Ety/BOR (
El-boron*)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶bóron- > boron [boron] ✧ Ety/BOR
boron
noun/adjective. steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. bôr “steadfast; trusty man, faithful vassal” ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/BOR
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶bóron- > boron [boronǝ] > [boron] ✧ Ety/BOR
bor(on)
root. endure
The root ᴹ√BOR “endure” along with its extended form ᴹ√BORON appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with various derivatives having to do with endurance, faithfulness and everlastingness (Ety/BOR, BORÓN). It was simply a later version of the root ᴱ√VORO from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, unglossed but clearly of a similar meaning based on its Qenya and Gnomish derivatives like ᴱQ. voronda “faithful”, ᴱQ. vorima “everlasting” and G. bron(n) “steadfast, firm” (QL/102; GL/23-24).
Similar forms like Q. voronda or vórima “faithful” continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writing (UT/317). The well established names Q. Voronwë or S. Bronwe(g) “Steadfast, Faithful” retained the same basic form and meaning throughout Tolkien’s life, testifying to the enduring nature of the Elvish root for “endurance”.
Derivatives
- Ad. abâr “strength, endurance, fidelity”
- ᴹ✶boron- ✧ Ety/BOR
- ᴹ✶b’rōnā ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- ᴺQ. vor- “to endure, survive”
- ᴹQ. vóre “lasting” ✧ Ety/BOR
- ᴹQ. vórea “continuous, enduring, lasting; continuant” ✧ Ety/BOR
- ᴹQ. vórima “continuous, enduring, repeated” ✧ Ety/BOR
- ᴹQ. voro “ever, continually, ever, continually, [ᴱQ.] always” ✧ Ety/BOR
- Q. voronda “faithful, steadfast (in allegiance, in keeping oath or promise)”
- ᴺQ. voron(do) “trusty man, faithful vassal”
- ᴹQ. voronwa “enduring, long-lasting” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- Q. voronwë “steadfastness, loyalty, faith(fulness)”
- ᴹQ. voronwie “endurance, lasting quality” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
- ᴺQ. vorta- “to preserve, make lasting”
- ᴺQ. voruva “age long”
- S. born “[stead]fast”
- N. borth “[unglossed]” ✧ Ety/BOR
- ᴺS. brond “firm, [G.] steadfast, *faithful, constant”
- N. bronwe “endurance”
- On. bron- “to last, endure, survive” ✧ Ety/BORÓN
Element in
Variations
- BOR ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/MIR; EtyAC/WAR
- BORON ✧ Ety/WEG
- BORÓN ✧ EtyAC/WEG
boron
adjective. steadfast
Derivations
- ᴱ√VORO “*ever, always”
thalion
masculine name. Steadfast
sorna (þ) adj. "steadfast" (PE17:113)