Nolmë

knowledge, philosophy (including science)

Nolmë ("ñ")noun "knowledge, Philosophy (including Science)" (PM:360 cf. 344)

nolwë

wisdom, secret lore

nolwë ("ñ")noun "wisdom, secret lore" (ÑGOL)

nólë

long study (of any subject), lore, knowledge

nólë (ñ) noun "long study (of any subject), lore, knowledge" (SA:gûl, also WJ:383 and MR:350, there spelt ñóle_, the earlier pronunciation. In the Etymologies, stem ÑGOL, the gloss is "wisdom".)_ Compare Nólion. At one point, Tolkien was dissatisfied with ÑGOL as the stem for "wisdom" and introduced the form núlë (q.v.) of slightly dissimilar meaning (PE17:125).

nólë

noun. lore, knowledge, long study, lore, knowledge, long study; [ᴹQ.] wisdom

Cognates

• S. gûl “black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge, black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge, [N.] magic; [ᴱN.] wisdom” ✧ MR/470; PE17/079; SA/gûl; MR/350; MR/471; WJ/383
• T. góle “long study (of any subject)” ✧ WJ/383

Derivations

• √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ PE17/079; SA/gûl; WJ/383

Element in

• ᴺQ. melinólë “philosophy”
• ᴺQ. nólecöa “school, (lit.) house of lore”
• Q. Nólimon “*Learned One”
• Q. nolmë “knowledge, philosophy (including science), department of wisdom (science, etc.)”
• Q. Nolondil “?Friend of Knowledge”
• ᴺQ. nólemo “student”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ngōl- > ñōle	[ŋgōle] > [ŋōle] > [nōle]	✧ PE17/079
√ngol- > nólë	[ŋgōle] > [ŋōle] > [nōle]	✧ SA/gûl
√NGOL > ñóle	[ŋgōle] > [ŋōle] > [nōle]	✧ WJ/383

Variations

• ñólë ✧ MR/350; MR/470; MR/471
• ñōle ✧ PE17/079
• ñóle ✧ WJ/383

issë

knowledge, lore

issë noun "knowledge, lore" (LT2:339; rather ista or istya in Tolkien's later Quenya)

Ingolë

science/philosophy

Ingolë noun "Science/Philosophy" as a whole (PM:360; WJ:383 has ingolë_ ["iñgole"], glossed "lore". In the Etymologies, stem ÑGOL, the word _ingolë was marked as archaic or poetic and is glossed "deep lore, magic").

ingolë

noun. lore, science, philosophy, lore, science, philosophy; [ᴹQ.] deep lore, magic

Cognates

• T. engole “lore” ✧ WJ/383

Derivations

• ✶ñgōlē “Science/Philosophy as a whole” ✧ PM/360
  • √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ PM/360
• √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ WJ/383

Element in

• Q. ingolmo “loremaster, wizard, one with very great knowledge, loremaster, wizard, one with very great knowledge, *scientist” ✧ WJ/383

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ñgōlē > Ingolë	[ŋ̣gōlē] > [iŋgōlē] > [iŋgōle]	✧ PM/360
√NGOL > iñgole	[ŋ̣gōlē] > [iŋgōlē] > [iŋgōle]	✧ WJ/383

Variations

• Ingolë ✧ PM/360
• iñgole ✧ WJ/383

istare

noun. knowledge

ista

knowledge

ista (1) noun "knowledge" (IS). Also istya.

istya

knowledge

istya noun "knowledge" (IS). Also ista (#1).

handë

knowledge, understanding, intelligence

handë noun "knowledge, understanding, intelligence" (KHAN). Note: *handë is (probably) also the past tense of the verb har- "sit".

sairina

magic

sairina adj.? "magic" (evidently adj. rather than noun) (GL:72)

gûl

noun. knowledge

n. knowledge, deep knowledge not 'occult' in modern sense, but applied to the deper knowledge of the 'wise' or skilled persons, not kept secret (as [?among the] Elves) but not attainable by all. Q. ñōle, B.S. gûl phantom, shadow of dark magic, necromancer, slave, servant?. The B.S. word gûl was prob. derived from ngōl-.

gûl

noun. magic lore, long study (being used mostly of secret knowledge, especially such as possessed by artificers who made wonderful things)

gûl

noun. perverted or evil knowledge, sorcery, necromancy

ist

lore

ist (knowledge); no distinct pl. form.

ist

lore

(knowledge); no distinct pl. form.

golu

secret lore

(i ngolu = i ñolu, o n’golu = o ñgolu), analogical pl. gely (in gely = i ñgely) if there is a pl. Archaic golw, hence golwath as the likely coll. pl.****

golu

noun. lore, *wisdom

ist

knowledge

ist (lore); no distinct pl. form.

ist

knowledge

(lore); no distinct pl. form.

golu

wisdom

*golu (i ngolu = i ñolu, o n**golu = o ñgolu) (secret lore), analogical pl. gely (in gely = i ñgely) if there is a pl. Archaic golw, hence golwath** as the likely coll. pl.

golu

wisdom

(i ngolu = i ñolu, o n’golu = o ñgolu) (secret lore), analogical pl. gely (in gely = i ñgely) if there is a pl. Archaic golw, hence golwath as the likely coll. pl.

angol

magic

(deep lore), pl. engyl. Note: a homophone means "stench".

gûl

magic

1) gûl (i ngûl = i ñûl, o n**gûl = o ñgûl, construct gul) (sorcery, necromancy, evil knowledge), pl. guil (in guil = i ñguil) (Silm:App, MR:250, WJ:383), 2) angol (deep lore), pl. engyl**. Note: a homophone means "stench". DARK MAGIC, see .

gûl

magic

(i ngûl = i ñûl, o n’gûl = o ñgûl, construct gul) (sorcery, necromancy, evil knowledge), pl. guil (in guil = i ñguil) (Silm:App, MR:250, WJ:383)

saelas

noun. wisdom

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Elements

Word	Gloss
sael	“wise”
-as	“abstract noun”

ista

have knowledge

(i ista, in istar), pa.t. sint or istas (VT45:18).

engole

noun. lore

Cognates

• Q. ingolë “lore, science, philosophy, lore, science, philosophy; [ᴹQ.] deep lore, magic” ✧ WJ/383

Derivations

• √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ WJ/383

góle

noun. long study (of any subject)

Cognates

• Q. nólë “lore, knowledge, long study, lore, knowledge, long study; [ᴹQ.] wisdom” ✧ WJ/383

Derivations

• √ÑGOL “knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise” ✧ WJ/383

ñgol

root. knowledge, wisdom, lore, knowledge, wisdom, lore; [ᴹ√] wise, be wise

This root was connected to Elvish words for “wisdom” for much of Tolkien’s life, the most notable derivative being Q. Noldo. In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s it was given as ᴱ√ŇOL(O) “know”, where the Ň almost certainly represented velar nasal Ŋ (QL/67). It was originally given simply as ŇOLDO “goblin, gnome” along with a derivative ᴱQ. noldare “mole”, but the “goblin” entries were removed and “mole” was transferred to ᴱ√NDOLO “delve”, so the connection of this root to knowledge was a very early decision. In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon primitives forms were likewise given as ᴱ✶ŋolđō > G. golda “gnome, wise one” (GL/41).

In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root appeared as ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” along with an extended form ᴹ√ÑGOLOD serving as the basis for ᴹQ. Noldo/N. Golodh (Ety/ÑGOL; ÑGOLOD). This root and its extended form were mentioned regularly in Tolkien’s later writings, with glosses like “knowledge” (PE17/79) and “knowledge, wisdom, lore” (WJ/383), and in one place Tolkien clarified that it was “deep knowledge not ‘occult’ in modern sense, but applied to the deeper knowledge of the ‘wise’ or skilled persons, not kept secret ... but [also] not attainable by all” (PE17/79).

Derivatives

• Bs. gûl “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery” ✧ PE17/079
• ✶ñgōlē “Science/Philosophy as a whole” ✧ PM/360
  • Q. ingolë “lore, science, philosophy, lore, science, philosophy; [ᴹQ.] deep lore, magic” ✧ PM/360
• ✶ñgolodō “lore-master, sage” ✧ PM/360; WJ/383
  • Q. Ingoldo “The Noldo” ✧ PM/360
  • S. Fingolfin ✧ PE17/118
  • Wes. Ingold ✧ PM/360
  • Aq. ñgoldō “Noldo”
  • Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ MR/350; MR/470; PE17/141; PE17/153; PE19/076; PM/360; WJ/364; WJ/380; WJ/383
  • S. Noll “Noldo” ✧ PE17/141
  • S. Angolodh “The Noldo” ✧ PM/360
  • S. Golodh “one of the wise folk, Noldo” ✧ MR/350; PE17/153; PM/360; WJ/364; WJ/379; WJ/383
  • S. golodh “lore-master, sage” ✧ MR/470; PE17/139; PE17/140; PE17/141
  • T. Goldo “Noldo” ✧ PM/360; WJ/383
• Q. ingolë “lore, science, philosophy, lore, science, philosophy; [ᴹQ.] deep lore, magic” ✧ WJ/383
• Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ SA/gûl
  • S. Noll “Noldo” ✧ PE17/141
• Q. nólë “lore, knowledge, long study, lore, knowledge, long study; [ᴹQ.] wisdom” ✧ PE17/079; SA/gûl; WJ/383
• ᴺQ. nolmar “school, university, (lit.) wisdom-house”
• Q. nolmë “knowledge, philosophy (including science), department of wisdom (science, etc.)” ✧ PM/360
• Q. nolmo “wise person” ✧ PM/360
• ᴺQ. nolta- “to teach, *educate, tutor, (lit.) make knowledgable”
• ᴺQ. nolya- “to study, learn”
• ᴺS. golbar “school, university, (lit.) wisdom-house”
• ᴺS. golthor “teacher”
• S. gûl “black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge, black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge, [N.] magic; [ᴱN.] wisdom” ✧ PE17/079; SA/gûl; WJ/383
  • Bs. gûl “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery” ✧ PE17/031; PE17/125
• T. engole “lore” ✧ WJ/383
• T. góle “long study (of any subject)” ✧ WJ/383

Element in

• √ÑGOLOD “*one of the wise folk, Gnome, [ᴹ√] one of the wise folk, Gnome”
• Q. Nolofinwë ✧ PM/344
• ᴺS. gelia- “to learn”
• ᴺS. goltha- “to teach, educate, tutor, (lit.) make knowledgable”

Variations

• ngōl- ✧ PE17/079
• Ñolo ✧ PM/344
• ñgol-/ñgōlo- ✧ PM/360
• ngol- ✧ SA/gûl
• NGOL ✧ WJ/383

golw

noun. lore

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nolwe “wisdom, (secret) lore” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÑGOL > golw	[ŋgolwe] > [golwe] > [golw] > [golu]	✧ Ety/ÑGOL

ist

noun. lore, knowledge

ist

noun. lore, knowledge, lore, knowledge; [G.] feeling, sensation; notion

Cognates

• ᴹQ. istya “knowledge” ✧ Ety/IS

Derivations

• ᴹ√IS “*know” ✧ Ety/IS

Element in

• N. Isfin ✧ Ety/IS
• ᴺS. istanna- “to teach, lecture, explain, (lit.) give knowledge”
• N. istui “learned” ✧ Ety/IS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√IS > ist	[iste] > [ist]	✧ Ety/IS

angol

noun. deep lore, magic

gûl

noun. magic lore, long study (being used mostly of secret knowledge, especially such as possessed by artificers who made wonderful things)

gûl

noun. perverted or evil knowledge, sorcery, necromancy

gûl

noun. magic

Cognates

• ᴹQ. nóle “wisdom” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
• Ilk. durgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
• Ilk. morgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Derivations

• ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Element in

• N. durgul “sorcery”
• N. morgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÑGOL > gûl	[ŋgōle] > [ŋgūle] > [gūle] > [gūl]	✧ Ety/ÑGOL

ista-

verb. to have knowledge