The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor
Sindarin
nor-
verb. to run
nor-
verb. to ride
nor-
verb. run (of men and animals using legs : not of fluids
nor-
verb. to run (or leap) of animals or men, to run (or leap) of animals or men; [G.] to roll [of vehicles]
Cognates
- Q. nor- “to run (or leap, of animals or men)” ✧ PE17/168
Derivations
- √NOR “run (or leap) of animals or men, run (or leap) of animals or men; [ᴹ√] run as of wheels, roll along, [ᴱ√] go smoothly, ride, spin” ✧ PE17/168
Element in
- S. noro lim, noro lim Asfaloth “run swift, run swift, Asfaloth” ✧ LotR/0213; PE17/018
- ᴺS. norweg “often running”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NOR > nor- [nor-] ✧ PE17/168 √NOR > onur [onōre] > [onūre] > [onūr] > [onur] ✧ PE17/168
dor
noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live
dôr
noun. land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live
The form dor in the Etymologies is a misreading, see VT/45. In composition and in toponyms, the word is nevertheless reduced to Dor
dôr
noun. land, land, [N.] region where certain people live, [ᴱN.] country; [G.] people of the land
Cognates
- Q. -ndor “land, country” ✧ SA/dôr
Derivations
Element in
- S. Arnor “Royal Land”
- S. Balannor “Land of the Valar”
- S. bardor “home land, native land” ✧ PE17/164
- S. Berennyr “Brown Lands”
- S. Dor Caranthir “Land of Caranthir”
- S. Dor-Cúarthol “Land of Bow and Helm”
- S. Dor Daedeloth “Land of Great Dread; Land of Shadow of Horror”
- S. Dor Dínen “Silent Land” ✧ S/121
- S. Dor-en-Ernil “Land of the Prince” ✧ UT/245
- S. Dor Firn-i-Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ S/188
- S. dorgannas “shapes of the lands, *geography” ✧ WJ/192
- ᴺS. dorgant “landscape, scene, *(lit.) land-shape”
- S. Dor Gyrth i Chuinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ Let/417
- S. Dor Haeron
- S. Doriath “Land of the Fence” ✧ SA/dôr; SI/Doriath; UTI/Doriath; WJ/370
- S. Dor i Thuin
- north S. Dor-lómin “*Echoing-land”
- S. Dorloven “*Echoing Land” ✧ PE17/133
- S. Dor-na-Daerachas “Land of Great Dread”
- S. Dor-nu-Fauglith “Land under Choking Ash”
- S. Dor-Rodyn “*Land of the Valar” ✧ MR/200
- S. Dorthonion “Land of Pines” ✧ RC/384; SA/dôr
- S. Dorwinion “Young-land country, land of Gwinion”
- S. Eglador “Land of the Eglir (Forsaken)”
- S. Eriador “Lonely Land” ✧ SA/dôr
- S. Gondor “Stone-land” ✧ SA/dôr
- S.
Mildor“Wine-land”- S. Mordor “Black Land” ✧ Let/427; SA/dôr
- S. Pelennor “Fenced Land”
- S. Thonador
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndor > -dor [-ndorē] > [-ndore] > [-ndor] > [-dor] ✧ PE17/164 ✶ndor > dôr [ndorē] > [ndore] > [dore] > [dor] > [dōr] ✧ SA/dôr ✶ndorē > dôr [ndorē] > [ndore] > [dore] > [dor] > [dōr] ✧ WJ/413 ✶ndorē > -ndor > -nor/-nnor [-ndorē] > [-ndore] > [-ndor] > [-nnor] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- Dor ✧ Let/417; MR/200; PE17/133; S/121; S/188; SI/Doriath; UT/245; UTI/Doriath; WJ/192
- dor ✧ Let/427; RC/384
- -dor ✧ PE17/164
- Dôr ✧ WJ/370
thos
noun. fear
_ n. _fear. O.Q. þosse. >> di'nguruthos
thoss
noun. fear
Cognates
- Q. þossë “fear” ✧ PE17/087
Derivations
- √THOS “frighten, terrify; show dread of” ✧ PE17/087
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ÞOS > thos(s) [tʰosse] > [θosse] > [θoss] ✧ PE17/087 Variations
- thos(s) ✧ PE17/087
nor
run
(verb) 1) nor- (i nôr, in nerir). Only attested as imperative noro! 2) *yr-. Only the ”Old Noldorin” form yurine* ”I run” is given in the source; the verbal stem would become ior**- in ”Noldorin”, but apparently *yr- in Sindarin. Compare COURSE, q.v., where the words come from the same root __-.
nor
run
(i nôr, in nerir). Only attested as imperative noro! 2) ✱yr-. Only the ”Old Noldorin” form yurine ”
ior
i
in ”Noldorin”, but apparently ✱yr- in Sindarin. Compare
dôr
land
1) dôr (i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr), coll. pl. dorath (WJ:413), 2) bâr (dwelling, house, home, family; earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
dôr
land
(i nôr, construct dor) (dwelling place, region), pl. dŷr (i ndŷr), coll. pl. dorath (WJ:413)
gôr
fear
(i ngôr = i ñor, o n’gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (dread, horror), pl. gŷr (i ngŷr = i ñŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations.
niphred
fear
(pallor); pl. niphrid.
gorgoroth
deadly fear
(i ngorgoroth = i ñorgoroth, o n’gorgoroth = o ngorgoroth) (terror), pl. gergeryth (in gergeryth = i ñgergeryth). Archaic pl. görgöryth. Also in shorter form gorgor (i ngorgor = i ñorgor, o n’gorgor = o ñgorgor) (extreme horror), pl. gergyr (in gergyr = i ñgergyr), coll. pl. *gorgorath*** (WJ:415). Archaic pl. ✱görgyr**.
goe
great fear
(i ’oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe = i ñoe).
parth
enclosed grassland
(i barth, o pharth) (field, sward), pl. perth (i pherth);
achas
fear
(noun) 1) achas (dread), pl. echais. It is possible that the word is lenited in the source, and that it should have an initial g-; if so read gachas (i **achas), pl. gechais (i ngechais = i ñechais), 2) dêl (i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, loathing, horror), pl. dîl (i nîl), 3) delos (i dhelos) (horror, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. Note: a side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys). 4) gôr (i ngôr = i ñor, o n**gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (dread, horror), pl. gŷr (i ngŷr = i ñŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations. 5) niphred (pallor); pl. niphrid.
achas
fear
(dread), pl. echais. It is possible that the word is lenited in the source, and that it should have an initial g-; if so read gachas (i ’achas), pl. gechais (i ngechais = i ñechais)
bâr
land
(dwelling, house, home, family; earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
delos
fear
(i dhelos) (horror, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. Note: a side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys).
dêl
fear
(i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, loathing, horror), pl. dîl (i nîl)
nand
wide grassland
(construct nan) (valley), pl. naind, coll. pl. **nannath **(VT45:36);
gosta
fear exceedingly
(i ’osta, i ngostar = i ñostar)
cell
running
(of water: flowing), lenited gell; pl. cill
daedhelos
great fear
(i naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndaedelos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct. Another term for
_v. _run (of men and animals using legs : not of fluids, etc.). Pret. onur. >> noro, northa-