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Early Quenya

ostar

noun. township

Changes

  • ostar → ostar “walled tower” ✧ QL/071

Cognates

  • G. ostor “enclosure, circuit of walls” ✧ LT2A/Belegost

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OSO “*enclosure” ✧ LT2A/Belegost; QL/071

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OSO² > ostar[ostar]✧ QL/071

Variations

  • hostar ✧ PME/071
Early Quenya [LT2A/Belegost; PME/071; QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ostor

proper name. the East, the Sun when she issues from her white gates

A name for the “Sun when she issues from her white gates” in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/71), apparently an elaboration of osto “gate”. This name was first given as (rejected) Ostar.

Changes

  • Ostar → Ostor ✧ QL/071

Variations

  • Ostar ✧ QL/071 (Ostar)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Oromë; QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by