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Early Quenya

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
Early Quenya [GL/51; LT1A/Eärendel; PE12/025; PE15/22; PME/035; QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

Early Quenya [PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŠORO² > sorne[θorni] > [θorne] > [sorne]✧ QL/086

Variations

  • sor ✧ LT1A/Sorontur; QL/086
  • sornë ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • sorne ✧ QL/086
Early Quenya [LT1A/Sorontur; PME/086; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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
Early Quenya [LT1A/Sorontur; PME/086; QL/086] Group: Eldamo. Published by

soron

noun. eagle

Cognates

  • En. thorn “eagle” ✧ PE13/154

Variations

  • soron ✧ PE13/154
Early Quenya [PE13/154] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vea

noun. sea

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VAẎA “enfold, wind about”

Element in

Variations

  • vea ✧ MC/213; MC/214; MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/138
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; MC/216; MC/220; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by