nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.
Quenya
nóre
noun. land
nórë
land
nórë
noun. land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family
Cognates
- S. nos(s) “family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people” ✧ PE17/169
Derivations
- ✶nōrē “kindred, race” ✧ PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413
- √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/026; PE17/106; PE17/107; PE17/169; WJ/413
- √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/072; PE17/181
- √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”
- ✶ndorē “land” ✧ PE19/076
Element in
- Q. Alalvinórë “Land of Many Elms”
- Q. Aranórë “Kingsland”
- Q. Eldanor “Elvenland”
- Q. Elenna-nórë “The Land of the Star” ✧ UT/305
- Q. Endórë “Middle-earth, (lit.) Middle Land”
- Q. Lestanórë “Doriath, *(lit.) Land of the Girdle” ✧ WJ/369
- Q. Lóminórë “*Echoing Land”
- Q. -ndor “land, country” ✧ PE17/080
- ᴺQ. nórarwa “economy, (lit.) country-possessions”
- ᴺQ. nórëa “national”
- ᴺQ. nórecáno “governer, (lit.) country-leader”
- ᴺQ. noremma “map”
- ᴺQ. nórihalmë “map”
- ᴺQ. nóretur “governer, (lit.) country-ruler”
- ᴺQ. nóriecáno “president”
- Q. Númenórë “Westernesse, (lit.) West-land” ✧ Let/303; Let/361; SA/dôr
- Q. Ondonórë “Gondor, (lit.) Stone Land”
- Q. Sindanórië “Grey Country, Land of Greyness” ✧ PE17/072
- Q. Valinórë “Land of the Valar” ✧ PE17/106; SA/dôr; WJ/413
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NDOR > nōre [ndōre] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/072 ✶nōrē > nórë [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/106 ✶nō-rē > nóre [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE17/107 ✶(o)nō-re > nóre [nōre] ✧ PE17/169 √ndŏr > nŏr [ndor] > [nor] ✧ PE17/181 ✶ndōrē > nóre [ndōrē] > [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ PE19/076 ✶nōrē > nóre [nōrē] > [nōre] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōrë ✧ Let/303
- nóre ✧ Let/361; PE17/072; PE17/080; PE17/107; PE17/169; PE19/076; WJ/413
- nōre ✧ PE17/072; PE17/106
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
nor-
verb. to run (or leap, of animals or men)
Cognates
- S. nor- “to run (or leap) of animals or men, to run (or leap) of animals or men; [G.] to roll [of vehicles]” ✧ 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
- Q. á norë amnórië “run with more running, run faster” ✧ PE17/094; PE17/094
- Q. norië “race, running, running, race” ✧ PE17/168
- Q. nórima “strong/swift at running, swiftly running a course”
- Q. normë “race, running, race (running)” ✧ PE17/168
- Q. nornë lintië “he ran quickly” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059
- Q. nornë lintieryanen “he ran as swiftly as he could, (lit.) he ran with his speed” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059
- Q. norolinda “*tripping lightly”
- Q. norta- “to make run (specially used of riding horses or other animals), ride”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NOR > nor- [nor-] ✧ PE17/168 Variations
- nor- ✧ PE17/168
nór
land
nór
noun. land
A term for “land” as in “(dry) land as opposed to the sea”, mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/413) and again in notes from around 1968 (PE17/106-107).
Possible Etymology: In the Quendi and Eldar essay this term was derived from primitive ✶ndōro, but in the aforementioned 1968 notes Tolkien clarified that its stem form was nŏr-. This means it was probably derived from ancient ✱ndŏr-, where the long vowel in the uninflected form was inherited from the Common Eldarin subjective form ✱ndōr, a phenomenon also seen in words like nér (ner-) “man”. I prefer this second derivation, as it makes the independent word more distinct from the suffixal form -ndor or -nóre used in the names of countries.
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndōr > nōr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/106 ✶NDŌR/NDŎR- > nôr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/107 ✶ndōro > nór [ndōro] > [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
- nôr ✧ PE17/107
-ndor
land
-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)
nossë
clan, family, 'house'
nossë noun "clan, family, 'house' " (NŌ), "kindred, family" (PM:320), "kin, people" (LT1:250, LT1:272, LT2:338)
nórë noun "land" (associated with a particular people) (WJ:413), "country, land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live, race, clan" (NŌ, NDOR, BAL), also used = "race, tribe, people" (SA:dôr, PE17:169; however, the normal word for "people" is lië). Early "Qenya" hasnórë "native land, nation, family, country" (in compounds -nor) (LT1:272)