(i Ngolodh = i Ñolodh, o N’golodh = o Ñgolodh), pl. *Gelydh* (*in Gelydh* = i Ñgelydh), coll. pl. Golodhrim. While Golodh is the actual Sindarin cognate of Quenya Noldo, the Noldor themselves apparently found this form unpleasing (WJ:379) and preferred the word Gódhel (i ’Ódhel), pl. *Gódhil*** (i Ngódhil = i Ñódhil), coll. pl. **Gódhellim. Also Ódhel, pl. Ódhil, coll. pl. Ódhelllim (WJ:364, 378-9). Adj.
Sindarin
golodh
noun. one of the wise folk, Noldo
Cognates
- Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ PE17/153; PM/360; SA/golodh; SI/Golodhrim; SI/Noldor; WJ/364; WJI/Golodh; MR/350; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor
Derivations
Element in
- S. Angolodh “The Noldo”
- S. Annon-in-Gelydh “Gate of the Noldor” ✧ S/238; SA/golodh; SI/Golodhrim
- S. Golodhbaeth “*Noldor-speech” ✧ PE17/126
- S. paeth e Ngolodhrim “*speech of the Noldor” ✧ PE17/126; PE17/126
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ngolodō > golodh [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgolodo] > [golodo] > [goloðo] > [goloð] ✧ MR/350 ✶ñgolodō > goloð [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgolodo] > [golodo] > [goloðo] > [goloð] ✧ PE17/153 ✶Ñgolodō > goloð [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgolodo] > [golodo] > [goloðo] > [goloð] ✧ PM/360 ✶ñgolodō > Golodh [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgolodo] > [golodo] > [goloðo] > [goloð] ✧ WJ/364 ✶ñgolodō > Goelydh [ŋgolodi] > [golodi] > [goloði] > [goluði] > [gœlyði] > [gœlyð] > [gelyð] ✧ WJ/364 Variations
- golodh ✧ MR/350; SA/golodh
- Goloð ✧ PE17/126
- goloð ✧ PE17/153; PM/360
noll
noun. Noldo
Changes
nŏl→ noll ✧ PE17/141Derivations
- Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ PE17/141
- ✶ñgolodō “lore-master, sage” ✧ MR/350; MR/470; PE17/141; PE17/153; PE19/076; PM/360; WJ/364; WJ/380; WJ/383
- √ÑGOLOD “*one of the wise folk, Gnome, [ᴹ√] one of the wise folk, Gnome”
- √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ PM/360; WJ/383
- Aq. ñolda “dark-haired” ✧ PE17/125
- √ÑGOL “dark-hued, dark-brown” ✧ PE17/125
- √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ SA/gûl
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Q. ñoldo > nold > noll [noldo] > [nolðo] > [nolð] > [noll] ✧ PE17/141 Variations
- noll ✧ PE17/141
- golt ✧ PE17/141
- nolt ✧ PE17/141
- nŏl ✧ PE17/141 (
nŏl)
golodh
noldo
golodh
noldo
golodhren
of the noldor, noldorin
*(WJ:318; Christopher Tolkien found the ”last letters illigible”, but the context might suggest Golodhrin as a pl. adj. ”Noldorin (ones)”. Lenited Ngolodhren = Ñolodhren*.
(one of the Noldor) Golodh (i **Ngolodh = i Ñolodh, o N**golodh = o Ñgolodh), pl. Gelydh (in Gelydh = i Ñgelydh), coll. pl. Golodhrim. While Golodh is the actual Sindarin cognate of Quenya Noldo, the Noldor themselves apparently found this form unpleasing (WJ:379) and preferred the word Gódhel (i **Ódhel), pl. Gódhil (i Ngódhil = i Ñódhil), coll. pl. Gódhellim. Also Ódhel, pl. Ódhil, coll. pl. Ódhelllim** (WJ:364, 378-9). Adj.