ëaren
eagle
ëaren
noun. ocean, great sea
A word appearing as Eären “Great Sea” (PM/363) and eäron “ocean” (PE17/27), possibly also an element in the name Eärenya “Sea-day” (LotR/1110).
Conceptual Development: A form ᴹQ. earen appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a parenthetical form beside ᴹQ. ear “sea”; this might be a genitive form, but I suspect it is an early appearance of earon/earen “ocean” instead.
Cognates
- S. gaearon “ocean, (lit.) great sea” ✧ PE17/027; PM/363
Element in
- Q. Eärenya “Sea-day, *Thursday”
Variations
- eäron ✧ PE17/027
- Eären ✧ PM/363
airen
noun. sea
eäron
noun. ocean, great sea
ëaron
ocean
ëaron noun "ocean" (PE17:27), also airon. Cf. ëar.
ëar
sea
ëar noun "sea" (AYAR/AIR [gives also dat. sg. ëaren],WJ:413; see Letters:386 for etymology). Not to be confused with the pl. form of the verb ëa "be, exist". Pl. ëari "seas" (FS, LR:47); Eär "the Great Sea" (cf. ëaron "ocean"), ablative Eärello "from the Great Sea", et Eärello "out of the Great Sea" (EO). Eärë noun "the open sea" (SD:305). Compound ëaruilë noun "seaweed" (UY). Found in proper names like Eärendil "Sea-friend", Eärendur masc. name, *"Sea-servant"; in effect a variant of Eärendil(Appendix A). Eärendur was also used ="(professional) mariner" (Letters:386).Fem. name Eärwen "Sea-maiden" (Silm); Eärrámë "Sea-wing", "Wings of the Sea", name of Tuor's ship (RAM, AYAR/AIR, SA)
airë
sea
airë (2) noun "sea" (the form airen is given, intended as a genitive singular when Tolkien wrote this; in LotR-style Quenya it would rather be a dative sg.) (AYAR/AIR; cf. airon)
airë
noun. sea
An archaic word for “sea” which fell out of use to due conflict with “holy” words like aira or airë; it was a noun form of primitive ✶gaı̯ră (PE17/27). The more common modern word for “sea” is ëar.
Conceptual Development: ᴹQ. aire “sea” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√AYAR (Ety/AY); it appeared beside a form ᴹQ. airen that might be a genitive form, or might be a longer form; see the entry on ᴹQ. airon for discussion.
Cognates
- S. gaear “sea” ✧ PE17/027
Derivations
Element in
- Q. airon “ocean” ✧ PE17/027
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶gaı̯ră > aire [gaira] > [ɣaira] > [aira] ✧ PE17/027 Variations
- aire ✧ PE17/027 (aire)
Soronto
eagle
Soronto (þ?), masc. name, seems to incorporate soron "eagle"; the ending -to is rare (occurs in suhto, q.v.), here apparently used to derive a masculine name.
Soronúmë
eagle
Soronúmë (prob. þ) (name of a constellation, apparently incorporating soron "eagle") (SA:thoron)
airon
ocean
airon noun "ocean" (PE17:27). Also ëaron, q.v.
airon
noun. ocean
An (archaic) word for “ocean”, an augmentative form of airë mentioned in a couple of later notes (PE17/27, 149). A more modern form is ëaron.
Conceptual Development: The form ᴹQ. airen appeared in parenthesis beside ᴹQ. aire “sea” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/AY). Helge Fauskanger suggested that it might be a genitive form (QQ/airë), but in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s, aire “sea” >> airen (PE22/23 note #70), suggesting it is an alternate (augmentative?) form. If so, it is probably a precursor to airon.
Cognates
- S. gaearon “ocean, (lit.) great sea” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/149
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶airō > airon [airon] ✧ PE17/149
sor
eagle
sor, sornë noun "eagle" (LT1:266); rather soron in LotR-style Quenya
sornion
eyrie
sornion noun "eyrie" (LT1:266)
sorno
eagle
sorno (þ) noun "eagle" (archaic thorno) _(Letters:427). Also soron. Early "Qenya" has sor, sornë (LT1:266)_
sorno
noun. eagle
soron
eagle
soron (or sornë) (þ) noun "eagle", before an ending sorn- as in pl. sorni, "gen.sg....sornen"; in LotR-style Quenya this would be the dative singular instead (THOR/THORON). SD:290 has the pl.soroni "eagles", changed to sorni as in the Etymologies. Early "Qenya" has the forms sor, sornë (LT1:266)
soron
noun. eagle
The Quenya word for “eagle”, appearing in a number of compounds, derived from primitive ✶thorono and the root ᴹ√THOR(ON) “come swooping down” (PE22/159; Let/427; Ety/THOR; PE21/33). It had couple variants such as sorno (Let/427) and sorne (Ety/THOR), but consistently appeared as soron- in compounds. Its stem form isn’t entirely clear: its most common plural form was sorni (Ety/THOR; SD/290), which is the expected result from the Quenya syncope, but in one place it had the plural soroni and the presence of the variant sorne muddies the waters.
Conceptual Development: This word appeared as ᴱQ. sorne or sor (sorn-) “eagle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√ŠORO [ÞORO] (QL/86). The form sorn- “eagle” also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa where Tolkien indicated the primitive form was sorni- (PME/86). The form ᴱQ. soron appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s as a cognate of ᴱN. thorn “eagle” (PE13/154), and Tolkien mostly stuck with that form thereafter, though he occasionally used variants like sorne and sorno as noted above.
In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien listed a large number of declined forms for ᴹQ. soron “eagle”, and those declensions used soron- (or sorun-) as their base. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, Tolkien gave plural sorni and genitive sornen indicating a stem form sorn-, but that document also gave sorne as an alternate form of soron “eagle”. Nevertheless, I think from the 1930s forward, it is more likely that Quenya syncope would have come into play in the declension of this word, so it would have plural sorni, dative sornen, ablative sornello, etc. The only noun case where the primitive stem would be preserved would be possessive soronwa.
Cognates
- S. thoron “eagle” ✧ Let/427; SA/thoron; PE22/159
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶þorono > þorno > sorno [tʰorono] > [tʰorno] > [θorno] > [sorno] ✧ Let/427 Variations
- sorno ✧ Let/427
waya
noun. ocean
ëa
eagle
ëa (3) "eagle" (LT1:251, LT2:338), a "Qenya" word apparently superseded by soron, sornë in Tolkien's later forms of Quenya.
váya
sea
váya noun "sea" (considered as "waters, motion"). The wording of the source indicates that Tolkien only tentatively considered such a word (PE17:33)
vëa
sea
vëa (3) noun "sea" (MC:213, 214, 216; possibly obsoleted by #1 and #2 above, though some argue that the initial element of the late names Vëantur and Vëandur [q.v.] could be vëa #3 rather than #2 (it can hardly be #1) . In any case, the normal word for "sea" in LotR-style Quenya seems to be ëar.) Inflected vëan "sea" (MC:220), vëar "in sea" (a "Qenya" locative in -r, MC:213), vëassë "on sea" (MC:220). Cf. also vëaciryo.
sornion
noun. eyrie
Elements
Word Gloss soron “eagle”
aearon
noun. great sea, ocean
Tolkien changed this word several times, see gaearon
aearon
ocean
_n. _ocean. Augmentative form of _aear _Sea. Q. earon, airon. nef aear, sí nef aearon lit. 'beyond the Sea, here beyond the Great Sea'. >> aear
aear
noun. sea
Tolkien changed this word several times, see gaear
aear
Sea
aear
noun. sea
gaearon
noun. great sea, ocean
gaearon
ocean
_n. _ocean. Augmentative form of _gaear _Sea. Q. earon, airon. >> gaear
belegaer
noun. ocean
_ n. _ocean.
gaear
noun. sea
gaear
Sea
gaear
noun. sea
A word for “sea” variously attested as gaear (PE17/027; PM/363; WJ/400), gaer (PE17/27; PE17/149), and aear (Let/386; RGEO/65) in later writings. Of these, I prefer gaear for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, reduced to gaer in compounds.
Possible Etymology: The presence or absence of the initial g- depends on whether the word’s root is √AY(AR) (as it appears in The Etymologies and some later writings) or √GAY(AR) (as it appears in other later writings). See the entry of the root √GAY(AR) for a discussion of this vacillation. Similarly, the form gaer appears primarily as an element in compounds, and can be explained as a reduced form of gaear in that context. For these reasons, this entry uses gaear as the ordinary Sindarin word for “sea”. This has the additional advantage of disambiguating it from the adjective gaer “dreadful”.
Conceptual Development: This word appeared as N. oer or oear “sea” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, reflecting the Noldorin sound change of ai to oe (Ety/AY). However name for the “Great Sea” was N. {Belegar >>} Belegaer in the narratives of this period (LR/19), and the name N. Rhûnaer “Eastern Sea” appeared in draft Lord of the Rings maps from 1943 (TI/307). The element N. oer did appear in the day-of-the-week name N. Aroeren “✱Sea-day” in drafts of The Lord of the Rings appendices, but this was revised to S. Oraeron (PM/130, 138).
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- S. Aerandir “Sea-wanderer”
- S. Belegaer “Great Sea” ✧ PM/363; SA/ëar; SA/gaer
- S. gaearon “ocean, (lit.) great sea” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/149; PM/363; RGEO/65
- S. Gaerdil “*Sea-lover” ✧ PE17/027
- ᴺS. gaeruil “seaweed”
- S. Gaerys “Ossë” ✧ SA/gaer
- ᴺS. gaessarn “pearl, (lit.) sea-pebble”
- S. nef aear, sí nef aearon “here ... beyond the Sea, beyond the wide and sundering Sea” ✧ LotR/0238; PE17/027; RGEO/63; RGEO/64
- S. Tirith Aear “Sea-ward Tower”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶gaı̯ră > gaer [gaira] > [gair] > [gaer] ✧ PE17/027 ✶Gayar- > gaear [gaiara] > [gaiar] > [gaear] ✧ PM/363 Variations
- aear ✧ Let/386; RGEO/65
- gaer ✧ PE17/027; PE17/149; SA/ëar; SA/gaer
gaer
ocean
_ n. _ocean.
gaeron
noun. ocean
_ n. _ocean.
thorn
noun. eagle
thoron
noun. eagle
thoron
noun. eagle
The Sindarin word for “eagle”, derived from ✶thorono (Let/427).
Possible Etymology: The form of this word is difficult to explain. Since final nasals vanished after vowels, in the ordinary phonetic development of Sindarin it should have become thôr, a form that did appear as variant in the Etymologies (Ety/THOR, KIRIS). Tolkien himself suggested that the (Noldorin) word was a back-formation from the archaic genitive ON. thoronen (Ety/THOR). While this specific genitive form did not survive in (Old) Sindarin, there are plenty of other mechanisms that might result in such a back-formation in Sindarin. For example, David Salo suggested that it could be a back-formation from its plural ✱theryn (GS/291), perhaps also influenced by ancient names where it still appeared, such as Thorondor “King of Eagles”.
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s this word appeared as G. thorn (GL/73), which was also the usual form in names of this period. In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it reappeared as ᴱN. thorn (PE13/154), but in The Etymologies of the 1930s it appeared as N. thoron beside the variant thôr as noted above (Ety/THOR, KIRIS). The names of this period also began to reflect this change, and names after the 1940s consistently show thoron, though the form þorn did appear at least once in later notes (PE22/159).
Cognates
- Q. soron “eagle” ✧ Let/427; SA/thoron; PE22/159
Derivations
Element in
- S. Cirith Thoronath “Eagles’ Cleft” ✧ SA/thoron
- ᴺS. thorombar “eagle’s nest, eyrie”
- S. Thorondir “*Eagle-man”
- S. Thorondor “King of Eagles” ✧ Let/427; SA/thoron
- S. Thorongil “Eagle of the Star” ✧ Let/427
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶þorono > Thoron [tʰorono] > [θorono] > [θoron] ✧ Let/427 Variations
- Thoron ✧ Let/427
- þorn ✧ PE22/159
thôr
noun. eagle
gaeron
noun. great sea, ocean
thoronath
noun. eagles
aer
noun. sea
gaer
noun. sea
gaer
Sea
gaer
noun. sea
aear
sea
aear (ocean); pl. aeair. The shorter form aer (for N oer) is maybe best avoided since it can be confused with aer "holy", unless the latter is actually a lenited form of gaer. Forms with g-, representing an alternative concept of the word for ”sea”: gaear (i **aear) (ocean), pl. gaeair (i ngaeair = i ñaeair) (PM:363), also gaer (i **aer, no distinct pl. form except with article: i ngaer = i ñaer), but homophones of the latter mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy".
aear
sea
(ocean); pl. aeair. The shorter form aer (for N oer) is maybe best avoided since it can be confused with aer "holy", unless the latter is actually a lenited form of gaer. Forms with g-, representing an alternative concept of the word for ”sea”: gaear (i ’aear) (ocean), pl. gaeair (i ngaeair = i ñaeair) (PM:363), also gaer (i ’aer, no distinct pl. form except with article: i ngaer = i ñaer), but homophones of the latter mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy".
aear
ocean
aear (sea), pl. aeair.
aear
ocean
(sea), pl. aeair.
gaearon
great ocean
(i ‘Aearon), pl. Gaearyn (i Ngaearyn = i Ñaearyn) if there is a pl.
gaear
ocean
gaear (i **aear) (sea), pl. gaeair (i ngaeair** = i ñaeair).
gaear
ocean
(i ’aear) (sea), pl. gaeair (i ngaeair = i ñaeair).
thoron
eagle
thoron, pl. theryn, coll. pl. thoronath. The sg. may also appear as thôr (with stem thoron-); thôr is also an adjective ”swooping, leaping down”. In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was therein (LR:392 s.v. THOR).
thoron
eagle
pl. theryn, coll. pl. thoronath. The sg. may also appear as thôr (with stem thoron-); thôr is also an adjective ”swooping, leaping down”. In ”Noldorin”, the pl. was therein (LR:392 s.v. THOR).
roval
great wing
(pinion, wing), pl. rovail (idh rovail). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.
narak
noun. eagle
A noun attested only in the plural subjective form Narīka “eagles” (SD/251). This formation is peculiar, because it seems to be a neuter subjective form, but the names of animals are generally common-nouns, as pointed out by Andreas Moehn (EotAL/NAR’K). If it were declined as a common noun, the subjective plural should be ✱narkim: compare Nimir “Elf” whose subjective plural form is nimrim (SD/436). Perhaps when Narīka was written, Tolkien had not finished working out the Adûnaic gender and case system.
Element in
- Ad. narîka ’nBâri ’nAdûn yanâkhim “The Eagles of the Lords of the West are at hand” ✧ SD/251
azra
noun. sea
The Adûnaic word for “sea” (SD/429), appearing as azar in some early texts (SD/305). It is fully declined on SD/431.
Element in
- Ad. azra-zâin “sea-lands, maritime regions” ✧ SD/429; SD/435
- Ad. azrîya du-phursâ akhâsada “that [the] seas should gush into [the] chasm” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. azrē nai {phurusam >>} phurrusim akhās-ada “seas might-flow Chasm-into” ✧ SD/311
- Ad. Azrubêl “Sea-lover, Friend of the Sea” ✧ PM/373; SD/305; SD/429
Variations
- azar ✧ PM/373; SD/305
pharaz
noun. sea
A draft word for “sea”, deleted and replaced with azar (SD/305), which later become azra. This word reappeared later with a different meaning: pharaz “gold”.
Changes
pharaz→ azar “sea” ✧ SD/305Element in
- Ad.
Pharazîr“Sea-lover” ✧ SD/305 (Pharazîr*)Variations
pharaz✧ SD/305 (pharaz)
airō
noun. ocean
Changes
airē→ airō ✧ PE17/149Derivations
Derivatives
- Q. airon “ocean” ✧ PE17/149
Variations
- airē ✧ PE17/149 (
airē)- air- ✧ PE18/097
thorono
noun. eagle
Derivations
- ᴹ√THOR(ON) “come swooping down”
Derivatives
Element in
- S. Arathorn “Steadfast King” ✧ Let/427
Variations
- þorono ✧ Let/427
ay(ar)
root. sea
Changes
AY(AR)→ GAY(AR) ✧ PE17/027Derivatives
Element in
Variations
- AYAR ✧ Let/386; PE18/097
- AYA(R) ✧ PE17/149; PE17/160
oear
noun. sea
oear
noun. sea
thoron
noun. eagle
thoron
noun. eagle
Cognates
- ᴹQ. soron “eagle” ✧ Ety/THOR; Ety/THOR
Derivations
Element in
- N. Amon Thorn
- N. Cilthorondor “*Eagle Cleft Land” ✧ Ety/THOR
- N. Cristhorn “Eagle’s Cleft” ✧ Ety/KIRIS
- N. Elthoron “Eagle of the Sky” ✧ Ety/THOR
- N. Thorondor “King of Eagles” ✧ Ety/THOR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THÓRON > thôr [tʰoron] > [θoron] > [θoro] > [θor] > [θōr] ✧ Ety/THOR ᴹ√THÓRON > therein [tʰoroni] > [θoroni] > [θœrœni] > [θœrœin] > [θerein] ✧ Ety/THOR Variations
- thôr ✧ Ety/KIRIS; Ety/THOR
thôr
noun. eagle
thôr
noun. eagle
aer
noun. sea
oer
noun. sea
oer
noun. sea
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√AY(AR) “sea” ✧ Ety/AY; Ety/AY; Ety/UY
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÁYAR > oear [ajar] > [aiar] > [oear] ✧ Ety/AY ᴹ√AI̯R > oer [ajr] > [air] > [oer] ✧ Ety/AY Variations
- oear ✧ Ety/AY
- aer ✧ TI/307 (aer)
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!
earen
noun. sea
eare
noun. (open) sea
airen
noun. sea
Derivations
- ᴹ√AY(AR) “sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AI̯R > airen [airen] ✧ Ety/AY
aire
noun. sea
Changes
aire→ airen “sea” ✧ PE22/023Cognates
- N. oer “sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Derivations
- ᴹ√AY(AR) “sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Element in
- ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AI̯R > aire [aira] ✧ Ety/AY
sorne
noun. eagle
soron
noun. eagle
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√THOR(ON) “come swooping down” ✧ Ety/THOR
Element in
- ᴹQ. Sorni Númenvalion anner “the Eagles of the Powers of the West are at hand” ✧ SD/290
- ᴹQ. Es sorni heruion an “the Eagles of the Lords are at hand” ✧ SD/290
- ᴹQ. Soroni númenheruen ettuler “*the Eagles of the Western Lords are coming forth” ✧ SD/290
- ᴹQ. Sorontar “King of Eagles” ✧ Ety/THOR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THÓRON > sorne [tʰorone] > [tʰorne] > [θorne] > [sorne] ✧ Ety/THOR Variations
- sorne ✧ Ety/THOR
vea
noun. sea
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶vaı̯ā > vea [vajā] > [vea] ✧ PE21/17 Variations
- vea ✧ PE21/08; PE21/17
thorn
noun. eagle
A noun for “eagle” derived from the root ᴹ√THÓRON (Ety/THOR). Its cognates ᴹQ. soron and N. thoron suggest a primitive form ✱✶thoronē, where the middle [o] was lost due to the Ilkorin syncope. Its plural form is not thurin as printed in The Lost Road, but is actually thurnin matching its singular (EtyAC/THOR), as predicted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/thorn).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. soron “eagle” ✧ Ety/THOR
Derivations
- ᴹ√THOR(ON) “come swooping down” ✧ Ety/THOR
Element in
- Ilk. Thorntor “King of Eagles” ✧ Ety/THOR
- Ilk. Torthurnion “King of Eagles” ✧ Ety/THOR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THÓRON > thorn [tʰoronē] > [tʰorone] > [tʰorne] > [θorne] > [θorn] > [θorn] ✧ Ety/THOR Variations
- thurin ✧ EtyAC/THOR
thoron
noun. eagle
Cognates
- ᴹQ. soron “eagle” ✧ Ety/THOR
Derivations
- ᴹ√THOR(ON) “come swooping down” ✧ Ety/THOR
Derivatives
- N. thoron “eagle” ✧ Ety/THOR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√THÓRON > thoronen [tʰoron] > [θoron] ✧ Ety/THOR
ay(ar)
root. sea
Derivatives
Element in
Variations
- AY ✧ Ety/ÁLAT; Ety/AY; Ety/BEL; Ety/LIN¹; Ety/RAM; Ety/UY
- AYAR ✧ EtyAC/AY
- AIR ✧ EtyAC/AY
vaiā
noun. sea
Derivations
- ᴹ√WAY “enfold”
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. vea “sea” ✧ PE21/17
Element in
- ᴹ✶vaianer “sailor”
Variations
- vaı̯ā ✧ PE21/17
ior
noun. eagle
An archaic word for “eagle” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, related to ᴱQ. ea(r) of the same meaning (GL/51), though the exact correspondence (and sound changes) are not clear.
Cognates
- Eq. ea(r) “(young) eagle” ✧ GL/51
Element in
ioroth
noun. eagle
A word for “eagle” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of archaic G. †ior “eagle” of the same meaning (GL/51).
Cognates
- Eq. earen “eyrie, (young) eagle” ✧ GL/51
Element in
- G. Iorothram “Eaglepinion” ✧ GL/51; LT1A/Eärendel
thorn
noun. eagle
Cognates
- Eq. sor(ne) “eagle” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
Derivations
- ᴱ√ÞORO “eagle” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
Element in
saroth
noun. sea
thorn
noun. eagle
Cognates
- Eq. soron “eagle” ✧ PE13/154
Element in
gwai
noun. sea
A word for “sea” in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s (PE13/146), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. vea “sea” from this same period. It is probably a later iteration of G. Bai “the Outer Seas” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate of ᴱQ. Vai as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (GL/21; LT1A/Vai).
Cognates
- Eq. vea “sea”
Derivations
- ᴱ√VAẎA “enfold, wind about”
Element in
- En. gwaithlos “*sea-shore” ✧ PE13/146
þoro Reconstructed
root. eagle
Derivatives
Variations
- SORO ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
- ŠORO² ✧ QL/086
earen
noun. eyrie, (young) eagle
A word appearing as earen “eagle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/34) and The Qenya Phonology (PE12/25), with the gloss “young eagle” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/34). In the first two documents it was an element in the name ᴱQ. Earendel or Earendl, and the same was true in the Name-list to The Fall of Gondolin, but there earen was glossed “eyrie” (PE15/22).
Cognates
- G. ioroth “eagle” ✧ GL/51
Element in
- Eq. Earendel ✧ LT1A/Eärendel; PE12/025; QL/034
laivar
noun. ocean
A word glossed “ocean” in notes associated with drafts of the Oilima Markirya from around 1930 (PE16/77). This word did not appear in the final version of the poem. Its etymology is unclear, but Gilson, Welden and Hostetter suggest it might be connected to ᴱQ. laiqa “green”, a colour used to describe the ocean in some drafts of the poem (PE16/78).
Element in
- Eq. laivarisse lúnelinqe talalínen tinwelindon? “*in the blue-flowing sea with sails like stars?” ✧ PE16/077
sor(ne)
noun. eagle
Cognates
- G. thorn “eagle” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
Derivations
- ᴱ√ÞORO “eagle” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur; QL/086
Element in
- Eq. Sornekiris “Eagles’ Cleft” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
- Eq. sornion “eyrie” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur; QL/086
- Eq. Sorontur “King of Eagles” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur; QL/086
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ŠORO² > sorne [θorni] > [θorne] > [sorne] ✧ QL/086 Variations
- sor ✧ LT1A/Sorontur; QL/086
- sornë ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
- sorne ✧ QL/086
sornion
noun. eyrie
The word ᴱQ. sornion “eyrie” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as an elaboration of ᴱQ. sor(ne) “eagle” (QL/86). The word also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/86).
Neo-Quenya: Since Q. soron, sorno or sorne were words for “eagle” in Tolkien’s later writings, I think ᴺQ. sornion “eyrie” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya, perhaps originally a genitive plural “of the eagles”.
Cognates
- G. thrond “(eyrie), pinnacle” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
soron
noun. eagle
Cognates
- En. thorn “eagle” ✧ PE13/154
Variations
- soron ✧ PE13/154
vea
noun. sea
Cognates
- En. gwai “sea”
Derivations
- ᴱ√VAẎA “enfold, wind about”
Element in
- Eq. vea qalume “the sea heaving” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. lúnelinqe vear “in the flowing sea” ✧ MC/213
- Eq. vea falastane “the sea surging” ✧ MC/213
- Eq. kiryasse Earendil or vea “Earendel, upon a ship upon the sea” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104
- Eq. lutsilya lúne veasse “*sailing on a blue sea” ✧ PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060
- Eq. lutsilya móre veasse ✧ PE16/060
- Eq. veakirya “sea-ship”
- Eq. vean falastanéro “the sea with loud surf” ✧ MC/220; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. vean san falastuváre alkalótefalmarínen “*the sea then will surge with waves like shining blossoms” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. veasse lúnelinqe “upon the blue streams of the sea” ✧ MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
Variations
- vea ✧ MC/213; MC/214; MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/138
ëaren noun "eagle" or "eyrie" (LT1:251; this early "Qenya" word is evidently no more valid than ëa "eagle" in LotR-style Quenya.)