_n. Astron._Sun. Q. anār/anăr. >> Ithil
Sindarin
anor
noun. Sun
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Development Stages Sources √(A)NAR > anor [anār] > [anǭr] > [anaur] > [anor] ✧ PE17/038 Variations
- anor ✧ PE17/030; PE17/038; PE17/055
Anor
noun. sun
Anor
noun. Sun
Anor
sun
1) Anor (pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306). 2) naur (mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.
anor
sun
(pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306).
naur
sun
(mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.
The most common Sindarin name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302-303, 306). The o is the result of ancient ā becoming au and then this au becoming o in polysyllables.
Conceptual Development: The term Anor was first mentioned in conjunction with early tales of Númenor (LR/41). It briefly appeared as N. {ánar >>} Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the entry for ᴹ√NAR (Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹), but as Anor under ᴹ√ANÁR (Ety/ANÁR). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s it was Anor, archaic †Anaur (SD/302-303, 306) and it retained this form thereafter.