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noldo

one of the people of the noldor

noldo (ñ) noun "one of the people of the Noldor", "one of the wise folk, Gnome". Cf. the gloss "Gnome" in early "Qenya" (LT1:262). Also name of tengwa #19, that is used for the initial n of noldo in Tengwar spelling. Originally pronounced ngoldo (also spelt ñoldo by Tolkien, ÑGOLOD); initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). Pl. Noldor ("Ñoldor"), "the Wise", name of the second clan of the Eldar (WJ:380, 381); gen. pl. Noldoron "of the Noldor" is attested (VT39:16)

noldo

noun. Noldo

Noldo, Gnome

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noldo

proper name. one of the wise folk, Gnome

An Elf of the second tribe, known as “The Wise” (WJ/383). Their name developed from the primitive root √ÑGOL having to do with wisdom (PM/360, WJ/383).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Noldo dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, and in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, where it already had the derivation given above (QL/67). In Tolkien’s earlier writings, he often translated this name as “Gnome”, in the sense of the Greek origin of this word (having to do with thought and wisdom) rather than that of a dwarf-like creature. This translation of ᴹQ. Noldo continued to appear in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/201), but became less common in Tolkien’s later writings, and was not used in the published version of The Silmarillion.

In Tolkien’s earliest writings, the plural form of this word was usually ᴱQ. Noldoli (LT1/21), but by the 1930s this had been replaced by ᴹQ. Noldor (LR/119), the form that was used thereafter.

In notes from the 1950s, Tolkien considered an alternate etymology of this name from the root √ÑGOL “dark-hued, dark-brown” referring to their dark hair (PE17/125), just as the tribal name of the Vanya referred to their fair hair. Presumably he considered this alternate origin because the newly-awakened Noldor would not yet have been known for their wisdom, but there is no evidence that this alternate etymology was anything other than a transient idea.

Changes

  • ŋoldongoldo ✧ LotR/1123

Cognates

  • Ed. Nóm “Wisdom” ✧ WJI/Noldor
  • Ed. Sômar “Wisdom” ✧ WJI/Noldor
  • S. golodh “lore-master, sage” ✧ MR/470; PE17/141
  • S. Golodh “one of the wise folk, Noldo” ✧ PE17/153; PM/360; SA/golodh; SI/Golodhrim; SI/Noldor; WJ/364; WJI/Golodh; MR/350; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor
  • T. Goldo “Noldo” ✧ PM/360; WJI/Goldo; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor
  • S. Gódhel “(Exiled) Noldo” ✧ WJI/Noldor

Derivations

  • 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

Derivatives

  • S. Noll “Noldo” ✧ PE17/141

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ngolodō > Ñoldor[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ MR/350
ngolodō > noldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ MR/350
ngolodõ > Noldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ MR/470
Aq. ñolda > ŋoldo > noldo[ŋgoldo] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ PE17/125
ñgolodō > ñoldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ PE17/153
ñgolodō > ñoldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ PE19/076
Ñgolodō > Noldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ PM/360
ngol- > Noldor[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ SA/gûl
ñgolodō > Ñoldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ WJ/364
ñgolodō > Ñoldor[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ WJ/380
ñgolodō > Ñoldo[ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo]✧ WJ/383

Variations

  • noldo ✧ LotR/1123; MR/350; PE17/125
  • ngoldo ✧ LotR/1123 (ngoldo)
  • ñoldo ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/153; PE19/076
  • ŋoldo ✧ RC/736 (ŋoldo)
  • Ñoldo ✧ VT39/16; WJ/364; WJ/383
Quenya [LBI/Noldor; Let/176; LotR/1123; LotRI/Eldar; LotRI/Noldor; MR/230; MR/350; MR/470; MRI/Noldor; PE17/086; PE17/125; PE17/141; PE17/153; PE18/073; PE19/076; PM/030; PM/360; PMI/Noldor; RC/736; S/087; SA/golodh; SA/gûl; SI/Golodhrim; SI/Noldor; UTI/Noldor; VT39/16; WJ/364; WJ/380; WJ/383; WJI/Goldo; WJI/Golodh; WJI/Noldor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ngoldo

ngoldo

ngoldo see noldo

Noldóran

king of the noldor

Noldóran ("ñ")noun "King of the Noldor" (PM:343; evidently noldo + aran).

Quendingoldo

elves

Quendingoldo masc. name, apparently compound of Quendi "Elves" and -ngoldo "Noldo", Sindarin Pengolodh, a loremaster of Gondolin. (PM:401, 404-405, VT48:5) Shorter form Quengoldo (PM:404, VT48:14)

Quendi

zF2% noun. elves

Quendi "Elves" as a race (analogical sg. quendë, not much used) (WJ:361;SA:quen-/quet-, WJ:372, KWEN(ED), spelt "qende, Qendi" in Etym). Gen. pl. Quendion (PM:395)

anga

iron

anga noun "iron", also name of tengwa #7 (ANGĀ, Appendix E, SA, PM:347, LT1:249, 268). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, anga was the name of letter #19, which tengwa Tolkien would later call noldo instead (VT45:6). Masc. names Angamaitë "Iron-handed" (Letters:347), Angaráto "Iron-champion", Sindarin Angrod(SA:ar(a) ). See also Angamando, tornanga and cf. Angainor as the name of the chain with which Melkor was bound (Silm)

anga

noun. iron

Cognates

  • T. anga “iron” ✧ PM/347
  • S. ang “iron” ✧ PM/347; SA/anga

Derivations

  • angā “iron” ✧ PM/347

Element in

  • Q. Angainor ✧ SA/anga
  • Q. Angamaitë “Iron-handed” ✧ PM/347
  • Q. Angamando “Iron Prison, Iron-gaol”
  • Q. Angaráto “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/347
  • Q. Artanga “*Noble Iron”
  • ᴺQ. angaraxa “train”
  • ᴺQ. angatië “railway line, railroad track, (lit.) iron-road”
  • ᴺQ. angamendar “train station, (lit.) iron way-stop”
  • Q. tornanga “hard-iron, iron hard, iron hard; hard-iron, *steel” ✧ PE17/056

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
angā > anga[aŋgā] > [aŋga]✧ PM/347
Quenya [LotR/1122; PE17/056; PM/347; SA/anga] Group: Eldamo. Published by

erë

iron

erë, eren noun "iron" or "steel"; Eremandu variant of Angamandu (Angband) (LT1:252; "iron" should be anga in LotR-style Quenya, but erë, eren may still be used for "steel". See also yaisa.)