Quenya 

astar

noun. faith, loyalty

Cognates

  • S. astor “loyalty” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

  • ✶as’tāră “faith, loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
    • √SAT(AR) “faithful, trust, loyal, rely, steadfast” ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶as’tāră > astar[astāra] > [astār] > [astar]✧ PE17/183

astar

faith, loyalty (not belief)

astar noun "faith, loyalty (not belief)" (PE17:183). Not to be confused with the pl. form of asta #1.

voronwë

steadfastness, loyalty, faithfulness

voronwë noun "steadfastness, loyalty, faithfulness" (CO), also as masc. name Voronwë "the Faithful" (PM:340, BORÓN, LT1:250)

voronwë

noun. steadfastness, loyalty, faith(fulness)

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • Voronwe ✧ PE17/115
Quenya [PE17/115; UT/305; UT/317] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vórima

adjective. faithful, faithful, *(lit.) able to endure; [ᴹQ.] continuous, enduring, repeated; [ᴱQ.] everlasting

Elements

WordGloss
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

Sindarin 

astor

noun. loyalty

Cognates

  • Q. astar “faith, loyalty” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

  • ✶as’tāră “faith, loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
    • √SAT(AR) “faithful, trust, loyal, rely, steadfast” ✧ PE17/183

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶as’tāră > astor[astāra] > [astār] > [astǭr] > [astaur] > [astor]✧ PE17/183
Sindarin [PE17/183] Group: Eldamo. Published by

astorad

noun. loyalty

Sindarin [PE17/183] Group: Eldamo. Published by

astor

noun. faith

_n. _faith, loyalty (not belief). Q. astar.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:183] < *_as'tāră_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

sador

noun. faithful one

Sador was Túrin's faithful servant. The meaning of this noun is deduced from sadron , assuming that these words are in the same kind of relation as hador and hadron

Sindarin [Sador (name)] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sadron

noun. faithful one

Sindarin [UT/431] Group: SINDICT. Published by

estel

faith

: The noun estel "hope, trust, steady purpose" seems to approach the meaning of "faith" (in the religious sense) (MR:320)

estel

faith

"hope, trust, steady purpose" seems to approach the meaning of "faith" (in the religious sense) (MR:320)

Primitive elvish

as’tāră

noun. faith, loyalty

Derivations

  • √SAT(AR) “faithful, trust, loyal, rely, steadfast” ✧ PE17/183

Derivatives

  • Q. astar “faith, loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
  • S. astor “loyalty” ✧ PE17/183
Primitive elvish [PE17/183] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

bór

masculine name. Faithful

Changes

  • Bor → Bór ✧ LR/147
  • Bor → Bór ✧ LR/291
  • Bor → Bór “Faithful” ✧ LRI/Bor

Variations

  • Bor ✧ LR/147; LR/291; LRI/Bor; RSI/Bor; SMI/Bor
Noldorin [Ety/BOR; LR/147; LR/291; LRI/Bor; RSI/Bor; SMI/Bor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Undetermined

avaltiri

collective name. Faithful

An early name of the Númenóreans who remained faithful to the Valar, later called the “Elf-friends”: Ad. Nimruzîrim, Q. Elendili. It is not clear what language this word belongs to, but it may contain the word Adûnaic word for the Valar: Avalô.

Elements

WordGloss
Avalô“Power, God”
Undetermined [SD/347; SDI2/Avaltiri] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

bronnuin

noun. steadfastness

Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nuimrond

noun. steadfastness

Variations

  • nuinvrond ✧ PE13/140
Early Noldorin [PE13/140] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nuinvrond

noun. steadfastness

Early Quenya

voronda

adjective. faithful

Cognates

  • G. bron(n) “steadfast, firm” ✧ LT1A/Bronweg
Early Quenya [LT1A/Bronweg; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by