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).

Cognates

• ᴺS. fanu “vapour, steam”

Derivations

• √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ NM/237
  • √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√phan > fanwë	[pʰanwe] > [ɸanwe] > [fanwe]	✧ NM/237

maur

dream, vision

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

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”.

Cognates

• ᴺS. lûr “sleep, slumber”

Derivations

• √(O)LOR “dream, vision, [ᴹ√] sleep, [ᴱ√] doze, slumber; [√] dream, vision”

Element in

• ᴺQ. cuilórë “day-dream, (lit.) awake-dream”
• Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
• Q. Lórellin “*Dream Pool”
• ᴺQ. lórelot “poppy, *(lit.) flower of sleep”
• Q. Lórien “*Dream Lands”

Variations

• lóre ✧ PE17/080

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.