nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.
Quenya
-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
-nor
suffix. land, country
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)
torna
hard
#torna adj. "hard", as in tornanga (q.v.), seemingly -storna after prefixes ending in a vowel, as in the comparative forms aristorna, anastorna (PE17:56; the forms are untranslated and may not necessarily be the same adjective "hard".)
torna
adjective. hard
Derivations
- √STOR “steadfast”
Element in
Yón
region, any (fairly extensive) region between obstacles such as rivers or mountains
yón (2), variant of yondë, q.v. Defined as "a region, any (fairly extensive) region _between obstacles such as rivers or mountains" (PE17:43)_
sarda
hard
sarda adj. "hard" (VT39:17); pl. sardë "hards" may be used in the same sense as sarda tengwi, q.v. (As an independent form we would rather expect a nominal pl. sardar.)
urda
hard, difficult, arduous
urda adj. "hard, difficult, arduous" (PE17:154)
yón
noun. region
Naira
vast, wide, empty
naira (2) adj. "vast, wide, empty" (PE17:27)
farnë
dwelling
#farnë (2) noun "dwelling", in orofarnë (as translated in Letters:224, but in other notes of Tolkiens the word was interpreted "any growing thing or plant", PE17:83)
marda
dwelling
marda noun "dwelling" (PE17:107)
ména
region
ména noun "region" (MEN). Not to be confused with the present/continuative tense of #men- "go".
yána
vast, huge; wide
yána (1) adj. "vast, huge; wide" (PE17:99, 115); also yanda, q.v.
-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)