Formen noun "north" (SA:men), also name of tengwa #10 (Appendix E, PHOR, MEN; replacing the rejected form Tormen). In Formenos, place-name "Northern Fortress" (SA:formen). Allative formenna, VT49:26.
Quenya
formenos
place name. Northern Fortress
Elements
Word Gloss formen “north, north, [ᴹQ.] right-hand [direction]” osto “fortress, stronghold, strong place, fortress, stronghold, strong place; [ᴹQ.] city, town with wall round”
Formen
north
formen
noun. north, north, [ᴹQ.] right-hand [direction]
Cognates
Element in
- Q. ar cé mo formenna tentanes Amanna “and if northwards, it pointed towards Aman” ✧ VT49/26
- Q. Follondië “North-harbourage” ✧ PE17/028
- Q. Formenos “Northern Fortress” ✧ SA/formen
- Q. Forostar “Northlands” ✧ UT/165
Elements
Word Gloss forya “right (hand), dexter” men “way, way; [ᴹQ.] place, spot” Variations
- Formen ✧ SA/men
Tormen
north
[Tormen] noun "north" (MEN; replaced by Formen, q.v.)
Stronghold of Fëanor in the north of Valinor (S/71). It is a compound of formen “north” and the suffixal form -os of osto “city, fortress” (SA/formen, os(t)).