olor

dream

olor noun "dream" (LOS, ÓLOS, LT1:259 [the latter source also gives olórë]); perhaps changed by Tolkien to olos, q.v.

olos

dream, vision

olos (1) noun "dream, vision" (olor-, as in pl. olori from earlier olozi) _(UT:396). _Cf. olor and see lár #2.

lórë

noun. dream, [ᴹQ.] slumber, *sleep; [Q.] dream

A word for “dream” in Tolkien’s later writings, most notably as an element in Lórien “✱Dream Lands” (Let/308; PE17/80). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. lóre was glossed “slumber” under the root {ᴹ√LOR >>} ᴹ√LOS “sleep” (Ety/LOS).

Neo-Quenya: I generally use √LOR for “sleep” and √OLOS for “dream” for purposes of Neo-Eldarin. As such, I would use lóre for both “slumber, ✱sleep” and “dream” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, likely a blending of primitive ✱lōre and ✱lōse. But I would use it more for a “(dreamful) sleep”, with olor as the proper word for “dream” or “vision”.

Cognates

• ᴺS. lûr “sleep, slumber”

Derivations

• √(O)LOR “dream, vision, [ᴹ√] sleep, [ᴱ√] doze, slumber; [√] dream, vision”

Element in

• ᴺQ. cuilórë “day-dream, (lit.) awake-dream”
• Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
• Q. Lórellin “*Dream Pool”
• ᴺQ. lórelot “poppy, *(lit.) flower of sleep”
• Q. Lórien “*Dream Lands”

Variations

• lóre ✧ PE17/080

maur

dream, vision

maur noun "dream, vision" (LT1:261)

oltha

dream

(verb) oltha- (i oltha, in olthar)

oltha

dream

(i oltha, in olthar)

olui

な^hJ adjective. dreamy

Ol (dream) + -ui (full, having that quality)

ôl

dream

(noun) ôl (in compounds olo-; pl. ely for archaic öly). The pl. ely is the suggested Sindarin equivalent of ”Noldorin” elei (LR:379 s.v. OLOS)

ôl

dream

(in compounds olo-; pl. ely for archaic öly). – The pl. ely is the suggested Sindarin equivalent of ”Noldorin” elei (LR:379 s.v. OLOS)

oltha-

verb. to dream

ôl

noun. dream

ôl

noun. dream

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dream” derived from the root ᴹ√OLOS of the same meaning (Ety/LOS, ÓLOS). It replaced a deleted form oll (EtyAC/LOS). It had an abnormal plural form elei “dreams”, derived from primitive olosī, where the intervocalic s was lost resulting in a diphthong. Following Sindarin plural patterns, the result is more likely to be ely “dreams”; see thely < ✱tholosī the (archaic) plural of S. thôl (PE17/188).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had some similar words: G. oloth or olor “a dream, apparition, vision” and G. olm “a dream” (GL/62), all based on the early root ᴱ√OLO (QL/69).

Changes

• ǫlt → ôl “dream” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
• oll → ôl ✧ Ety/LOS

Cognates

• ᴹQ. olor “dream” ✧ Ety/LOS; Ety/ÓLOS

Derivations

• ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/LOS; Ety/ÓLOS

Element in

• N. Olfannor “Lord of Dream-cloud”
• ᴺS. olui “dreamy”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÓLOS > ôl	[olos] > [olo] > [ol] > [ōl]	✧ Ety/ÓLOS
ᴹ√ÓLOS > elei	[olosi] > [olohi] > [œlœhi] > [œlœih] > [œlœi] > [elei]	✧ Ety/ÓLOS

Variations

• ǫlt ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
• oll ✧ EtyAC/LOS (oll)