Noldorin 

lhûr

noun. slumber

A noun appearing as N. lhûr “slumber” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, cognate to ᴹQ. lóre, derived from the root ᴹ√LOR “sleep” (EtyAC/LOS). Tolkien deleted this form when he revised the root to ᴹ√LOS.

Conceptual Development: G. lûr “slumber” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/55), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LORO “doze, slumber” (QL/56).

Neo-Sindarin: I’d restore this word as ᴺS. lûr “sleep, slumber”, since I retain the connection between the root √LOR and sleep; see the entry on √(O)LOR for further discussion. Hints of this word can be seen in the pure Sindarin name S. Lothlúrien for Lothlórien “Dream-flower” (PE17/48).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lóre “slumber” ✧ Ety/LOS

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(O)LOR “sleep; dream” ✧ EtyAC/LOS

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LOR > lhûr[lōre] > [lūre] > [lūr] > [l̥ūr]✧ EtyAC/LOS
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