Primitive elvish

nor

root. 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

This root was the basis for Elvish words having to do with “running” and (in earlier notes) “rolling” for much of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as ᴱ√NORO “run, go smoothly, ride, spin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/67), and it had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon like G. nor- “run, roll” (GL/61) as well as dronn “race, course, track” < ✱n’rond- (GL/31). ᴹ√NORO “run as of wheels, roll along” reappeared in a page of roots in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s, though this page was deleted (PE22/127 note #152). √NOR “run (or leap: of animals, men etc.)” also appeared in some etymological notes associated with The Lord of the Rings, probably from the late 1950s (PE17/168).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I’d retain both senses “run” and “roll” for this root, but limit the latter to the rolling of wheels as an extrapolation from the movement of legs.

Primitive elvish [PE17/168; PE17/169; PE17/181] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nōrē

noun. kindred, race

Primitive elvish [PE17/026; PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndorē

noun. land

Primitive elvish [Let/384; PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/164; PE19/076; SA/dôr; VT42/04; WJ/413] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndōro

noun. land

Primitive elvish [WJ/413] Group: Eldamo. Published by

for-

noun. right-hand, north

Primitive elvish [PE17/018] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nar

root. fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame

A root for “fire” first appearing as ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” in The Etymologies of the 1930s along with derivatives like ᴹQ. nár(e)/N. naur “flame” (Ety/NAR¹). There was also an augmented variant ᴹ√ANÁR that served as the basis for “Sun” words: ᴹQ. Anar and N. Anor (Ety/ANÁR). These roots and the various derivatives continued to appear in Tolkien’s later writings in the 1950s and 60s (PE17/38; Let/425), and in one place Tolkien specified that nār- was “fire as an element” as opposed to √RUYU for an actual blaze.

Primitive elvish [Let/425; PE17/038; PE17/147; PE17/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anār

noun. Sun

Primitive elvish [SA/nár] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dorno

noun. oak

Primitive elvish [PE19/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ñgor(o)-thūsō

masculine name. Mist of Fear

Primitive elvish [PE17/183] Group: Eldamo. Published by

urkā

adjective. horrible

Primitive elvish [WJ/390] Group: Eldamo. Published by

(ñ)guruk

noun. horror

Primitive elvish [WJ/389; WJ/390; WJ/415] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dirnā

adjective. tough

Primitive elvish [PE17/154] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mōl

noun. slave, slave, [ᴹ✶] thrall

Primitive elvish [PE21/71; PE22/148; VT43/31] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ndē̆r

noun. man

Primitive elvish [PE19/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ngur

root. horror

nāro

noun. fire

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