_n. _right-hand, north. Q. for-. >> forn
Quenya
forma
right hand
forma
noun. right-hand
Cognates
- S. forvo “right hand, right side” ✧ VT47/06
Elements
Word Gloss PHOR “right-hand” má “hand”
forma
right hand
forma
noun. right-hand
Cognates
- S. forvo “right hand, right side” ✧ VT47/06
Elements
Word Gloss PHOR “right-hand” má “hand”
for
noun. right-hand
_n. _right-hand, north. Q. for-. >> forn
fuir
right hand
fuir, pl. fŷr. Also used as adj. "right, north" (VT42:20). In ”Noldorin” the word appeared as (”foeir” =) föir, feir (LR:382 s.v. PHOR).
forma
noun. right-hand
Cognates
- S. forvo “right hand, right side” ✧ VT47/06
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phor
root. right-hand
This root appeared as ᴹ√PHOR “right-hand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives having to do with “right [vs. left]” and also “north” such ᴹQ. formen and N. forod “north” (Ety/PHOR). These words for “north” reappeared in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1123), and the connection between “north” and “right” was reaffirmed in Tolkien’s discussion of the Ambidexters Sentence from the late 1960s, since the Elves aligned the cardinal directions by facing west towards Aman (VT49/6-8). ᴹ√PHOR was likely a later iteration of the early root ᴱ√PO from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various derivatives having to do with “north” (QL/74).
Derivatives
Element in
forma noun "right hand" (VT47:6). Compare formaitë, forya.