Noldorin 

io

adverb. ago

io

adverb. ago

Noldorin [Ety/399] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ionn

noun. scion, male descendant

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

Noldorin [Ety/400, MR/373, X/ND1, X/ND2] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iofog

noun. fruit drink, cider

A word for “fruit drink, cider” in a rough notes from 1940, whose primitive form was {ᴹ✶yābā-sāb >>} ᴹ✶yābā-sūka and whose Old Noldorin form was ON. {yōbasoka >>} yōbasūka > iovhug > iofog (TMME/53). It was thus a combination of the ancient roots ᴹ√YAB “fruit” and ᴹ√SUK “drink”, though the deleted primitive form indicates Tolkien first considered ᴹ√SAB “juice” as the basis for the second element.

The change of o to ū in the Old Noldorin form could represent vacillation between ᴹ√SOK and ᴹ√SUK as the root for “drink”. However, since primitive long ō became ū in Old Noldorin, it is hard to say what the exact vowel in the root was. In the initial syllable ᴹ✶yābā, ancient long ā became ǭ and then au, but then the au became o as usual in polysyllables to produce iov-. This reduction of au to o also allowed the v from b to survive. Compare this to monosyllabic N. iau < ✱yābē where the v was lost after au (Ety/YAB).

Note that the change of u to o in the final syllable of this word is unusual. In Noldorin (and Sindarin), the change of short ŭ to o was normal, but an ancient long ū usually meant the u survived. For example, compare this to N. gwanur < ON. wanūro from The Etymologies (Ety/TOR). The survival of h in iofhug is also unusual, since generally the loss of h between vowels occurred before short vowels vanished before morpheme boundaries, as with the development of the name N. Tinúviel. Thus we would expect iauvahūg to become (perhaps) iovaug, not iovhug. However, perhaps the h in iofhug was restored by analogy with the mutated forms of independent words like N. sog- “drink”.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would retain this word as iofog, but would assume the primitive form was ✱yāba-sŭka or ✱yāba-sŏka to avoid the question of the abnormal development of ū > o. I think both [yofog] and [yovog] are acceptable pronunciations.

Noldorin [TMME/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

iolf

noun. brand

A noun for “brand” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” (Ety/YUL). The form iolv was written next to it, probably indicating pronunciation (EtyAC/YUL). It was marked ON. but should probably be N. as suggested by Hostetter and Wynne (EtyAC/YUL).

Neo-Quenya: This word would become ✱ylf if adapted directly to Neo-Sindarin, but that conflicts with S. ylf “drinking-vessel” (WJ/416). For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I would adapt the root ᴹ√YUL “smoulder” as the Neo-Root ᴺ√YOL, which would allow the retention of this Noldorin word unchanged since it could be derived from ✱yolmā instead.

ionn

noun. son

For the second meaning, cf. Hadorion, a Húrin's epithet in WJ/294, Hurinionath referring to the house of Húrin the Steward in PM/202-3,218, and Gil-Galad's epithet Ereinion, cf. also the gloss of the old Qenya cognate yondo "descendant of" in PE/12:106, or the use of the same suffix in later Quenya names such as Isildurioni and Anárioni "Heirs of Isildur (resp. Anárion)" in PM/192,196

Noldorin [Ety/400, MR/373, X/ND1, X/ND2] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iorhail

masculine name. Frodo

Noldorin [SD/117; SDI1/Iorhael] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ionn

noun. son

iolf

noun. brand

The word is classed as Old Noldorin (ON) in the Etymologies, but rather seems to be Noldorin

Noldorin [Ety/400, X/IU] Group: SINDICT. Published by

-ion

suffix. son

-ion Reconstructed

suffix. -region, -land

gwîn

noun. wine, vine

The wine of Dor-Winion occurs in the Lay of the children of Húrin and a place located either in the "burning South" in the first version, or probably east of the Blue Mountains in the second. Then we have Dorwinion as a meadow-land in Tol Eressëa at the end of the Quenta Silmarillion. It reappears in The Hobbit, and was finally placed North-West of the Sea of Rhûn in the decorated map by Pauline Baynes (see HL/115-117 for discussion). The meaning of this name is unknown and has been largely discussed. What do we have indeed in this "Winion", or rather gwinion since the initial w- must come from lenition? According to Christopher Tolkien, the Lay was begun c. 1918 and was composed during his father's stay at Leeds, a date meaning that the word can be Gnomish, possibly Early Noldorin, or in an indigenous language of Beleriand. In Gnomish and later in Doriathrin and Ilkorin, there is a genitive plural ending -ion which may very well be contained in this word. Then we would segment gwin-ion "of gwin". The context calls for "wine", "vine" or something similar. It can hardly be a coincidence that gwin is precisely the Welsh word for "wine", a loan from the Latin vinum, as the English "wine" itself

Noldorin [Dorwinion LotR/Map, LB/11,26,17,112, LR/334,338,] Group: SINDICT. Published by

yoreth

feminine name. Yoreth

Noldorin [SD/055; SDI1/Ioreth; WR/386; WRI/Yoreth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

guilos

place name. ever-snow

brûn

adjective. old, that has long endured, or been established, or in use

Noldorin [Ety/353] Group: SINDICT. Published by

golodh

noun. one of the wise folk, Gnome

Noldorin [Ety/ÑGOLOD; LBI/Golodh; LR/201; PE21/57; PE22/034; PE22/041; SM/077; SMI/Golodh] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ia

adverb. ago

Noldorin [Ety/399] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iaun

noun. holy place, fane, sanctuary

Noldorin [Ety/400] Q yána. Group: SINDICT. Published by

iaur

adjective. ancient, old, original

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/399, S/433, UT/384] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iaur

adjective. older, former

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/399, S/433, UT/384] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ingem

adjective. old (of person, in mortal sense: decripit, suffering from old age)

New word coined by the Elves after meeting with Men

Noldorin [Ety/358, Ety/399, Ety/400] în+gem "year-sick". Group: SINDICT. Published by

iôr

noun. course

Noldorin [Ety/400, X/IU] Group: SINDICT. Published by

iôr

noun. course

rath

noun. course, riverbed

Noldorin [Ety/383, LotR/Index, RC/523,551] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rath

noun. street (in a city)

Noldorin [Ety/383, LotR/Index, RC/523,551] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thoron

noun. eagle

Noldorin [Ety/392, S/438, X/Z] Back-formed from the plural, see thôr. Group: SINDICT. Published by

thoron

noun. eagle

Noldorin [Ety/KIRIS; Ety/THOR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thôr

noun. eagle

Noldorin [Belecthor S/322,365, LotR/A(ii), Ety/392] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thôr

noun. eagle

gwîn

adjective. young