Quenya 

fanwë

noun. vapour, steam

A word for “vapour, steam” in some 1957 notes, derived from the same root √PHAN that is the basis for Q. fanya “cloud” (NM/237).

lórë

noun. dream, [ᴹQ.] slumber, *sleep; [Q.] dream

A word for “dream” in Tolkien’s later writings, most notably as an element in Lórien “✱Dream Lands” (Let/308; PE17/80). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. lóre was glossed “slumber” under the root {ᴹ√LOR >>} ᴹ√LOS “sleep” (Ety/LOS).

Neo-Quenya: I generally use √LOR for “sleep” and √OLOS for “dream” for purposes of Neo-Eldarin. As such, I would use lóre for both “slumber, ✱sleep” and “dream” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, likely a blending of primitive ✱lōre and ✱lōse. But I would use it more for a “(dreamful) sleep”, with olor as the proper word for “dream” or “vision”.

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maur

dream, vision

maur noun "dream, vision" (LT1:261)

olor

dream

olor noun "dream" (LOS, ÓLOS, LT1:259 [the latter source also gives olórë]); perhaps changed by Tolkien to olos, q.v.

olos

dream, vision

olos (1) noun "dream, vision" (olor-, as in pl. olori from earlier olozi) _(UT:396). _Cf. olor and see lár #2.

Sindarin 

fanu

noun. vapour, steam

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, the Sindarin equivalent of Q. fanwë of the same meaning.

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oltha

dream

(verb) oltha- (i oltha, in olthar)

oltha

dream

(i oltha, in olthar)

olui

な^hJ adjective. dreamy

Ol (dream) + -ui (full, having that quality)

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ôl

dream

(noun) ôl (in compounds olo-; pl. ely for archaic öly). The pl. ely is the suggested Sindarin equivalent of ”Noldorin” elei (LR:379 s.v. OLOS)

ôl

dream

(in compounds olo-; pl. ely for archaic öly). – The pl. ely is the suggested Sindarin equivalent of ”Noldorin” elei (LR:379 s.v. OLOS)

Noldorin 

oltha-

verb. to dream

Noldorin [Ety/370, Ety/379] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ôl

noun. dream

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ôl

noun. dream

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dream” derived from the root ᴹ√OLOS of the same meaning (Ety/LOS, ÓLOS). It replaced a deleted form oll (EtyAC/LOS). It had an abnormal plural form elei “dreams”, derived from primitive olosī, where the intervocalic s was lost resulting in a diphthong. Following Sindarin plural patterns, the result is more likely to be ely “dreams”; see thely < ✱tholosī the (archaic) plural of S. thôl (PE17/188).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had some similar words: G. oloth or olor “a dream, apparition, vision” and G. olm “a dream” (GL/62), all based on the early root ᴱ√OLO (QL/69).

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Early Quenya

fanwe

noun. dream

A noun for “dream” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√FANA (QL/37). It reappeared unglossed in the phrase ᴱQ. fanwen tollillon lómealloi appearing in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, apparently meaning “✱a dream from the gloomy islands” (PE16/147).

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olor

noun. dream

olóre

noun. dream

Early Quenya [LT1A/Lórien; LT1A/Olórë Mallë; PME/069; QL/056; QL/069] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

olm

noun. dream

Gnomish [GL/62; LT1A/Lórien] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

olar

noun. dream

olor

noun. dream

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Old Noldorin 

olo

noun. dream

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