Quenya 

noldorin

proper name. of the Noldo; the Noldor language

Term for the Quenya dialect of the Noldor, as well as a general adjective for that tribe (WJ/373), a combination of their tribal name with the language/adjective suffix -rin.

Conceptual Development: In earlier writings from the 1920s-40s, ᴹQ. Noldorin referred to a completely different language, the Welsh-like language of the second tribe (LR/177, 193), but Tolkien later changed that language to Sindarin and decided that the Noldor spoke a dialect of Quenya.

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
Noldo“one of the wise folk, Gnome”
-rin“-ian, racial-adjective, language”

Variations

  • Ñoldorin ✧ PE17/125
Quenya [LBI/Noldor; LT1I/Noldor; MRI/Noldorin; PE17/125; PE17/126; PE18/076; PMI/Noldorin; UTI/Noldor; VT39/16; WJ/027; WJI/Noldorin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorinwa

gnomish

Noldorinwa ) adj. *"Gnomish", "Noldorin", "of the Noldor" (LT1:262, VT39:16); lower-case noldorinwa in Narqelion.

noldo

noun. Noldo

Noldo, Gnome

Quenya [PE 18:40 PE 19:76] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

móri

dark

móri adj. "dark" (MC:221; this is "Qenya"; in Tolkien's later Quenya mórë, morë)

morĭ

adjective. dark

PQ. dark

Quenya [PE 19:81] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

lóna

dark

?lóna (4) adj. "dark" (DO3/DŌ). If this is to be the cognate of "Noldorin"/Sindarin dûr, as the context seems to indicate, lóna is likely a misreading for *lóra in Tolkien's manuscript.

mori-

dark, black

mori- "dark, black" in a number of compounds (independent form morë, q.v.):Morimando "Dark Mando" = Mandos (MBAD, VT45:33), morimaitë "black-handed" (LotR3:VI ch. 6, VT49:42). Moriquendi "Dark Elves" (SA:mor, WJ:361, 373), Moringotto "Black Foe", Sindarin Morgoth, later name of Melkor. The oldest form is said to have been Moriñgotho (MR:194). In late material, Tolkien is seen to consider both Moringotto and Moricotto _("k") _as the Quenya form of the name Morgoth (VT49:24-25; Moricotto also appears in the ablative, Moricottollo). Morion "the dark one", a title of Morgoth (FS). Morifinwë "dark Finwë", masc. name; he was called Caranthir in Sindarin (short Quenya name Moryo). (PM:353) In the name Morinehtar, translated "Darkness-slayer", the initial element is defined would thus seem to signify "darkness" rather than "dark" as an adjective (see mórë). (PM:384, 385)

morna

dark, black

morna adj. "dark, black" (Letters:282, LT1:261; also used of black hair, PE17:154), or "gloomy, sombre" (MOR). Used as noun in the phrase mi…morna of someone clad "in…black" (PE17:71). In tumbalemorna (Letters:282), q.v. Pl. mornë in Markirya**(the first version of this poem had "green rocks", MC:215, changed to ondolisse mornë** "upon dark rocks" in the final version; see MC:220, note 8).

culina

flame-coloured, golden-red

culina ("k")adj. "flame-coloured, golden-red" (KUL; cullina ("k") in VT45:24 would seem to be a variant)

lúna

dark

lúna adj. *"dark" in Lúnaturco and Taras Lúna, Quenya names of Barad-dûr (Dark Tower). (PE17:22). In the Etymologies, lúnë "blue" was changed by Tolkien from lúna (VT45:29).

ulca

adjective. dark

dark, gloomy, sinister

Quenya [PE 18:88] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

culda

flame-coloured, golden-red

culda ("k")adj. "flame-coloured, golden-red" (KUL); maybe it can also be translated "scarlet", since this gloss was listed for the possible "Noldorin"/Sindarin cognate coll(VT45:24), though it was struck out

nulla

dark, dusky, obscure

nulla adj. "dark, dusky, obscure" (NDUL), "secret" (DUL). See also VT45:11.

núla

dark, occult, mysterious

núla ("ñ")adj. "dark, occult, mysterious" (PE17:125)

lúrëa

dark, overcast

lúrëa adj. "dark, overcast" (LT1:259)

nyarro

rat

nyarro noun "rat", the most likely reading of Tolkien's manuscript. Christopher Tolkien originally read the word as "nyano" (so in the published Etymologies, entry NYAD), but the "Noldorin"/Sindarin cognates nadhr, nadhor (VT46:7) indicate that the primitive form is meant to be *nyadrō, which form could hardly yield "nyano" in Quenya.

hróva

dark, dark brown

hróva adj. "dark, dark brown", used to refer to hair (PE17:154)

caimassë

lying in bed, sickness

caimassë ("k")noun "lying in bed, sickness" (KAY)

caila

lying in bed, bedridden, sickness

caila ("k")adj.(and noun???) "lying in bed, bedridden, sickness" (KAY, VT45:19). It may be that the gloss "sickness" applies only to the "Noldorin"/Sindarin form cael listed before Quenya caila, since cael could be both an adjective and a noun (the ancient adjective kailā "bedridden" merging with the noun kailē "sickness"). In Quenya the form caila < *_kailā _would probably be an adjective only.

quesset

pillow

quesset ("q")noun "pillow"; probably *quessec*- since the Sindarin (or "Noldorin") cognate pesseg points to a primitive form kwessek- (compare filit, filic**-) (KWES)

Sindarin 

noll

noun. Noldo

Changes

  • nŏlnoll ✧ PE17/141

Derivations

  • 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

DevelopmentStagesSources
Q. ñoldo > nold > noll[noldo] > [nolðo] > [nolð] > [noll]✧ PE17/141

Variations

  • noll ✧ PE17/141
  • golt ✧ PE17/141
  • nolt ✧ PE17/141
  • nŏl ✧ PE17/141 (nŏl)
Sindarin [PE17/141] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

Sindarin [Ety/379, LR/406, WJ/390, LotR/II:VI, LotR/F, Let] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dúath

adjective. dark

_ adj. _dark, black shadow.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:87] < _du-wath_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dûr

dark

_ adj. _dark, gloomy, 'hellish'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:152] < _(n)dūrā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dûr

adjective. dark, sombre

Sindarin [Ety/354, S/430, UT/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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*.

golodh

noldo

(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.

golodh

noldo

(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.

morn

dark

morn (black), pl. myrn, lenited vorn. Note: the latter word is also used as a noun ”darkness, night”. (Letters:386)

morn

dark

(black), pl. myrn, lenited vorn. Note: the latter word is also used as a noun ”darkness, night”. (Letters:386)

môr

dark

môr (black), lenited vôr, pl. mŷr (Letters:382), also

môr

dark

(black), lenited vôr, pl. m**ŷr* (Letters:382)*, also

guldur

dark sorcery

(i nguldur = i ñuldur), pl. gyldyr (in gyldyr = i ñgyldyr)

doll

dark

doll (dusky, misty, obscure), lenited noll, pl. dyll. Note: In ”Noldorin”, this word appeared as dolt as well as doll, but the latter seems the best form in S.

doll

dark

(dusky, misty, obscure), lenited noll, pl. dyll. Note: In ”Noldorin”, this word appeared as dolt as well as doll, but the latter seems the best form in S.

dûr

dark

dûr (sombre), lenited dhûr, pl. duir

dûr

dark

(sombre), lenited dhûr, pl. duir

graw

dark

graw (swart), lenited raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)

graw

dark

(swart), lenited ’raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)

nedhu

pillow

1) *nedhu (bolster), analogical pl. nedhy. Cited in archaic form nedhw (LR:378 s.v. NID), so the coll. pl. is likely nedhwath. 2) pesseg (i besseg, o phesseg), pl. pessig (i phessig)

nedhu

pillow

(bolster), analogical pl. nedhy. Cited in archaic form nedhw (LR:378 s.v. NID), so the coll. pl. is likely nedhwath.

nâr

rat

nâr (construct nar, pl. nair)

nâr

rat

(construct nar, pl. nair)

cael

lying in bed

(noun) cael (sickness) (i gael, o chael). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael).

cael

lying in bed

(noun) cael (sickness) (i gael, o chael). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael).

cael

lying in bed

(sickness) (i gael, o chael). Same form in the pl. except with article (i chael).

graurim

dark people

(VT45:16);

dúath

dark shadow

(i dhúath) (nightshade), pl. dúaith (i núaith);

pesseg

pillow

(i besseg, o phesseg), pl. pessig (i phessig)

Telerin 

goldo

noun. Noldo

Cognates

  • Q. Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome” ✧ PM/360; WJI/Goldo; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor

Derivations

  • ñgolodō “lore-master, sage” ✧ PM/360; 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

Element in

Variations

  • golodo ✧ PM/360
Telerin [PM/360; WJ/383; WJI/Goldo; WJI/Noldor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Nandorin 

golda

adjective. noldo

The primitive form of Quenya Noldo (and hence also Nandorin golda) is given in WJ:364, 380 as ñgolodô. This example demonstrates that in Nandorin, like in Quenya, the second of two identical vowels in adjacent syllables is lost in words that had another syllable following the lost vowel. This word alone provides a clear example of the change of primitive final _-ô to -a_. The form golda also suggests that in Nandorin as in Sindarin, the original initial nasalized stops ñg, nd, mb were simplified to g, d, b, though examples for d and b are lacking in our very small corpus. The stems involved are found in LR:377: ÑGOL "wise" and the extended form ÑGOLOD "one of the wise folk". Ñgolodô is thus either formed from ÑGOL by ómataina (suffixed base-vowel), suffixed D and the nominal (often masculine or agental) ending , alternatively simply the longer ending -dô (of similar meaning) suffixed to the ómataina-form of the stem ÑGOL (sc. ñgolo-).

Nandorin [H. Fauskanger (WJ:364, 377, 380)] < ÑGOL/ÑGOLOD. Published by

edel

noun. Elda, High-elf

Stated in the Etymologies to be derived from a stem ÉLED (LR:356), defined as "Star-folk"; Tolkien points out that Doriathrin and Danian used a "transposed" form, clearly referring to the sounds L and D changing place. In Etym the development is apparently meant to be eledâ (this primitive form is explicitly given in Letters:281) > edela > edel. Later Tolkien reconstructed the primitive form of Quenya Elda as eldâ (WJ:360); whether this could regularly yield Nandorin edel is doubtful, unless final -ld metathesized to -dl and a vowel developed to break up this final cluster.

In Etym, Tolkien first gave the Nandorin form as elda, then changed it. *Eledâ could not yield elda, since final is regularly lost in Nandorin. Since in this word we do not see loss of the second of two identical vowels (compare golda), we must conclude that final -a was lost before this could happen.

Nandorin [H. Fauskanger (Letters:281, LR:356)] < ÉLED. Published by

Black Speech

búrz

adjective. dark

Element in

  • Bs. burzum “darkness” ✧ PE17/011; PE17/012
  • Bs. Lugbúrz “Dark Tower” ✧ PE17/012; PE17/079

Variations

  • burz ✧ PE17/012
Black Speech [PE17/011; PE17/012; PE17/079] Group: Eldamo. Published by

búrz

adjective. dark

Black Speech [PE17/11] Published by

Primitive elvish

mornā

adjective. dark

Derivations

  • MOR “black, dark, darkness” ✧ Let/382

Derivatives

  • Q. morna “black, dark; black of hair, black, dark; black of hair; [ᴹQ.] sombre, gloomy” ✧ Let/382
  • S. morn “black, dark; night” ✧ Let/382; WJ/362
Primitive elvish [Let/382; WJ/362] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dom

root. dark, dark, [ᴹ√] faint, dim

This root was the basis for the main Elvish words for “dusk, night”, which was established as Q. lómë in Quenya for most of Tolkien’s life. The earliest form of this root was ᴱ√LOMO in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, unglossed but with various derivatives having to do with “dusk” and “shadow” (QL/55). One notable derivative was ᴱQ. lóme “dusk, gloom, darkness”, which survived in Tolkien’s later writings as “night” and in the 1910s was the basis for ᴱQ. Hisilóme/G. Hithlum “Shadowy Twilights”. Another notable derivative was G. lómin “shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)” (GL/45) used in the name G. Dor Lómin, which in the 1910s was translated as “Land of Shadow” (LT1/112).

The “shadow” meaning of this early root seems to have transferred to ᴹ√LUM from The Etymologies of the 1930s, which served as the new basis for N. Hithlum (Ety/LUM), as opposed contemporaneous N. Dor-lómen which was redefined as “Land of Echoes (< ᴹ√LAM via Ilkorin or in later writings, via North Sindarin). The “dusk” sense was transferred to a new root ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim”, which (along with ᴹ√DOƷ) was the basis for the pair words ᴹQ. lóme/N. “night” (Ety/DOMO).

These two words for “night” survived in Tolkien’s later writing in both Quenya and Sindarin (Let/308; SA/dú). In notes from the 1940s Tolkien clarified that it “has no evil connotations; it is a word of peace and beauty and has none of the associations of fear or groping that, say, ‘dark’ has for us” (SD/306). The Elves were quite comfortable being under the night sky, dating back to the time when the Elves lived under the stars before the rising of the Sun and the Moon. The root √DOM reappeared in etymologies for star-words from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/152). It appeared again in some very late notes from 1969 where it was glossed “dark” and served as the basis for words meaning “blind” as well as “night”, though this paragraph was rejected (PE22/153, note #50).

Derivatives

  • dōmē “night, twilight” ✧ PE17/152
    • Q. lómë “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness, night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness, [ᴹQ.] night-time, shades of night, gloom; [ᴱQ.] shadow, cloud” ✧ PE17/152; SA/dú
    • S. “night, dimness; dim, dark, night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; [S.] dim, dark” ✧ PE17/152; SA/dú
  • ᴺQ. lomba “blind”
  • Q. lomba “blind” ✧ PE22/153
  • Q. lómë “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness, night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness, [ᴹQ.] night-time, shades of night, gloom; [ᴱQ.] shadow, cloud” ✧ PE22/153
  • ᴺS. dom “blind”
  • S. dom “blind” ✧ PE22/153
Primitive elvish [PE17/151; PE17/152; PE22/153] Group: Eldamo. Published by

du Reconstructed

root. dark

Derivatives

  • durnu “dark of hue”
    • ᴺQ. nurno “dark, deep (of hue)”
  • Q. lúmë “darkness”
  • Q. lúna “*dark”

Noldorin 

orch

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; LR/406

Derivations

  • On. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. orko > orch[orko] > [orkʰo] > [orxo] > [orx]✧ Ety/ÓROK
On. orkui > yrchy[orkui] > [orkʰui] > [orxui] > [urxui] > [yrxui] > [yrxy]✧ Ety/ÓROK
Noldorin [Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK; LR/406; PE22/041; TI/229; TII/Orcs] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orch

noun. Goblin, Orc

Noldorin [Ety/379, LR/406, WJ/390, LotR/II:VI, LotR/F, Let] Group: SINDICT. Published by

doll

adjective. dark, dusky, obscure

Noldorin [Ety/355, Ety/376, Tengwestie/20031207] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dolt

adjective. dark, dusky, obscure

Noldorin [Ety/355, Ety/376, Tengwestie/20031207] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dûr

adjective. dark

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lóna “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > dûr[dōr] > [dūr]✧ Ety/DOƷ

Variations

  • Dûr ✧ WR/113
Noldorin [Ety/DOƷ; WR/113] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dûr

adjective. dark, sombre

Noldorin [Ety/354, S/430, UT/434] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nâr

noun. rat

Noldorin [Ety/379] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nâr

noun. rat

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “rat” derived from primitive ᴹ✶nyadrō under the root ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” (Ety/NYAD). Tolkien gave the intermediate form naðr, but it is not clear why the ð vanished; compare N. nadhor “pasture” < ᴹ√NAD (< ✱nadrō?), and indeed Tolkien had a variant archaic form naðor “rat” which shows the normal phonetic developments (EtyAC/NYAD).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nyarro “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Derivations

  • On. nadhr “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
    • ᴹ✶nyadrō “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
    • ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. naðr > nâr[naðr] > [nâr]✧ Ety/NYAD
Noldorin [Ety/NYAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pesseg

noun. pillow

Noldorin [Ety/366] Group: SINDICT. Published by

pesseg

noun. pillow

A noun for “pillow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWES having to do with feathers (Ety/KWES).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. qesset “pillow” ✧ Ety/KWES

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWES “*feather” ✧ Ety/KWES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWES > pesseg[kwesseke] > [pesseke] > [pessek] > [pesseg]✧ Ety/KWES
Noldorin [Ety/KWES] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Ancient quenya

ñgoldō

noun. Noldo

Derivations

  • ñgolodō “lore-master, sage”
    • 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

Element in

Ancient quenya [WJ/374] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

noldorin

proper name. Gnomish

Element in

Variations

  • noldorin ✧ Ety/MŌ (noldorin)
Qenya [Ety/MŌ; LRI/Noldorin; PE18/023; PE18/026; RSI/Noldorin; SMI/Noldorin; TII/Noldorin; WRI/Noldorin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orko

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • On. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • N. orch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; LR/406
  • Ilk. urch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • Dan. urc “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Orqin “language of the Orcs”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > orko[orku] > [orko]✧ Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • ork ✧ LR/406
Qenya [Ety/ÓROK; LR/406] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lóna

adjective. dark

Cognates

  • N. dûr “dark” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > lóna[doɣna] > [dōna] > [lōna]✧ Ety/DOƷ

Variations

  • lóna ✧ Ety/DOƷ

nyarro

noun. rat

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “rat” derived from primitive ᴹ✶nyadrō under the root ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” (Ety/NYAD). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, the form was incorrectly given as nyano (LR/379), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to nyarro in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/7).

Cognates

  • N. nâr “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nyadrō “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
    • ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nyadrō > nyarro[njadrō] > [njaðrō] > [njarrō] > [njarro]✧ Ety/NYAD

Variations

  • nyano ✧ EtyAC/NYAD
Qenya [Ety/NYAD; EtyAC/NYAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qesset

noun. pillow

A noun for “pillow” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWES having to do with feathers (Ety/KWES). Given its cognate N. pesseg, its stem form is probably quessec- as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/quesset).

Cognates

  • N. pesseg “pillow” ✧ Ety/KWES

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWES “*feather” ✧ Ety/KWES

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWES > qesset[kwesseke] > [kwessek] > [kwesset]✧ Ety/KWES

Doriathrin

urch

noun. goblin

A Doriathrin noun for “goblin” developed from primitive ᴹ✶orku, also attested in its plural form urchin (Ety/ÓROK). The change of [[ilk|[k] to [x] (“ch”) after the liquid [l]]] was a normal Ilkorin development, but the change of [o] to [u] is harder to explain, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Doriathrin/urch). In an earlier version of the entry Tolkien wrote Dor. orch (EtyAC/ÓROK), which is the expected form. The simplest explanation is that this form actually developed from a variant primitive form ✱✶urku. There is a similar issue with Dan. urc, so perhaps this variant was used by those Eldar who did not complete the journey to Valinor.

Changes

  • orchurch ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > urch[orku] > [orko] > [urko] > [urxo] > [urx]✧ Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • orch ✧ EtyAC/ÓROK (Dor. orch)
Doriathrin [Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Ossriandric

urc

noun. goblin

A noun for “goblin” developed from primitive ᴹ✶orku, also attested in its plural form yrc (Ety/ÓROK). The change of [o] to [u] is hard to explain, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Nandorin/urc). In an earlier version of the entry Tolkien wrote Dan. orc (EtyAC/ÓROK), which is the expected form. The simplest explanation is that this form actually developed from a variant primitive form ✱✶urku. There is a similar issue with Ilk. urch, so perhaps this variant was used by those Eldar who did not complete the journey to Valinor.

Changes

  • orcurc ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > urc[orku] > [urku] > [urk]✧ Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • orc ✧ EtyAC/ÓROK (orc)
Ossriandric [Ety/ÓROK; EtyAC/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

orko

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶orku “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivatives

  • N. orch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; Ety/ÓROK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶órku > orko[orku] > [orko]✧ Ety/ÓROK
ᴹ✶órku > orkui[orkui] > [orkui]✧ Ety/ÓROK
Old Noldorin [Ety/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nadhr

noun. rat

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶nyadrō “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
    • ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Derivatives

  • N. nâr “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶nyadrō > naðr > naðor[njadrō] > [nadrō] > [nadro] > [naðro] > [naðr] > [naðor]✧ Ety/NYAD

Variations

  • naðr ✧ Ety/NYAD
  • naðor ✧ EtyAC/NYAD
Old Noldorin [Ety/NYAD; EtyAC/NYAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

orku

noun. goblin

Derivations

  • ᴹ√OROK “*goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK

Derivatives

  • Ilk. urch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • Dan. urc “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • ᴹQ. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
  • On. orko “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK
    • N. orch “goblin” ✧ Ety/ÓROK; Ety/ÓROK

Variations

  • órku ✧ Ety/ÓROK
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ÓROK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nyadrō

noun. rat

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NYAD “gnaw” ✧ Ety/NYAD

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. nyarro “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
  • On. nadhr “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
    • N. nâr “rat” ✧ Ety/NYAD
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NYAD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

orc

noun. goblin

Cognates

  • Eq. ork “ogre, monster, demon, giant” ✧ LT2A/Balcmeg; PE15/21; PE13/099; PE13/102
  • Eq. Hongwir “ogres of the north” ✧ PE13/099

Element in

  • G. orcômin “fierce and bloody minded” ✧ GL/63

Variations

  • Orc ✧ LT1A/Orc
Gnomish [GL/63; LT1A/Orc; LT2A/Balcmeg; PE13/099; PE13/102; PE15/21; PE15/25] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

drú

adjective. dark

Early Noldorin [PE13/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hinar

adjective. dark

An adjective for “dark” from the Nebrachar poem written around 1930 (MC/217). Its etymology is unclear.

Element in

Early Noldorin [MC/217] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

noldorin

masculine name. Noldorin

A name of the Valar Lirillo in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/22). It is probably derived from his association with the Noldoli.

Cognates

Variations

  • Noldorin ✧ GL/41; LT1/022; LT1A/Noldoli; LT1I/Salmar; LT2I/Noldor; LT2I/Noldorin; PE14/013; PE15/07; PME/065; PME/067; QL/067
Early Quenya [GL/41; LT1/022; LT1A/Noldoli; LT1I/Salmar; LT2I/Noldor; LT2I/Noldorin; PE14/013; PE15/07; PME/065; PME/067; QL/067] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noldorin

adjective. Gnomish

noldorinwa

adjective. Goblin; Gnomish

Element in

Variations

  • noldorin ✧ PE15/72
  • noldorinwa ✧ PE15/72; QL/067
Early Quenya [LT1A/Noldoli; PE15/72; QL/067; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by