iaur (ior-, iar-) (ancient, old), pl. ioer
Sindarin
iaur
adjective. old, old; [N.] ancient, olden
Cognates
- Q. yára “old, ancient, old, ancient, [ᴹQ.] belonging to or descending from former times” ✧ RC/579
Derivations
- √YA “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago, [ᴹ√] there, over there; (of time) back, ago”
Element in
- S. Dorgannas Iaur “[Account of the] Shapes of the Lands of Old” ✧ WJ/192
- S. Drúwaith Iaur “Old Púkel-land” ✧ UT/384
- S. einior “elder”
- S. Iant Iaur “Old Bridge” ✧ SA/iaur
- S. Iarwain “Old-young” ✧ SA/iaur
- ᴺS. iorbeth “archaism, archaic word”
- S. Ioreglon
- S. Ioreth “Old Woman” ✧ RC/579
- S. Iorhael “Frodo”
- S. Iorlas
- S. Sennas Iaur “Old Guesthouse” ✧ RC/523
Variations
- Iaur ✧ RC/523; UT/384; WJ/192
iaur
adjective. ancient, old, original
iaur
adjective. older, former
iaur
old
iaur
former
iaur
ancient
iaur (in compounds ior-, iar-) (old, former), pl. ioer
iaur
old
(ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare
iaur
former
(ior-, iar-) (ancient, old), pl. ioer
iaur
ancient
(in compounds ior-, iar-) (old, former), pl. ioer
brûn
elder, eldest
(long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also
iarwain
eldest
iarwain (based on Iarwain as a name of Tom Bombadil, perhaps literally ”old-new”).
iarwain
eldest
(based on Iarwain as a name of Tom Bombadil, perhaps literally ”old-new”).
iphant
full of years
(aged, long-lived), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.
1) iaur (ior-, iar-) (ancient, former), pl. ioer. Compare ELDER, ELDEST, q.v. 2) brûn (long endured, long established, long in use), lenited vrûn, pl. bruin. Cf. also