norna

stiff, tough; hard, firm, resistant

norna adj. "stiff, tough; hard, firm, resistant" (WJ:413, PE17:106), "thrawn, tough, obdurate", mainly applied to persons (PE17:181)

norna

adjective. tough, stiff; hard, firm, resistant; thrawn, obdurate

Cognates

• S. dorn “tough, stiff, thrawn, obdurate” ✧ PE17/181; WJ/413

Derivations

• √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/106
  • √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”
• √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding” ✧ PE17/181; WJ/413

Element in

• Q. Nornalië “People of the Dwarves” ✧ WJ/413

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NDOR > norna	[ndorna] > [norna]	✧ PE17/106
√DOR > norna	[dorna] > [norna]	✧ PE17/181
√DORO > norna	[dorna] > [norna]	✧ WJ/413

norno

dwarf

Norno (2) noun "dwarf"; a personalized form of the adjective norna(WJ:413); Nornalië (not *Nornolië) the "Dwarf-people" as a whole (WJ:388)

Nauco

dwarf

Nauco ("k")noun "Dwarf" (capitalized in WJ:388, but not in Etym, stem NAUK). Naucalië (not *Naucolië) the "Dwarf-people" as a whole. Nauco is a personalized form of the adjective nauca "stunted" (itself sometimes used as a noun "dwarf"); pl. naucor (PE17:45). See also Picinaucor.

Naucon

dwarf

Naucon (Naucond-, as in the pl. Naucondi) noun "dwarf", variant of Nauco (PE17:45; not capitalized in the source)

tauca

stiff, wooden

tauca ("k") "stiff, wooden" (PE17:115)

Casar

dwarf

Casar ("k")noun "Dwarf", pl. Casari or Casári, partitive plural Casalli. Adapted from Dwarvish Khazâd. Casarrondo place-name "Khazad-dûm", Moria (WJ:388, 389; pl. Casári also in WJ:402)

tarya

tough, stiff

tarya adj. "tough, stiff" (TÁRAG)