lórë noun "slumber" (LOS), "dream" (PE17:80)
Quenya
lórë
noun. dream, [ᴹQ.] slumber, *sleep; [Q.] dream
Cognates
- ᴺS. lûr “sleep, slumber”
Derivations
- √(O)LOR “dream, vision, [ᴹ√] sleep, [ᴱ√] doze, slumber; [√] dream, vision”
Element in
- ᴺQ. cuilórë “day-dream, (lit.) awake-dream”
- Q. Lindelorendor “Singing-dream-land” ✧ Let/308; PE17/080
- Q. Lórellin “*Dream Pool”
- ᴺQ. lórelot “poppy, *(lit.) flower of sleep”
- Q. Lórien “*Dream Lands”
Variations
- lóre ✧ PE17/080
lórë
slumber
lor-
to slumber
lor- "to slumber" (LT1:259; the corresponding abstract noun lórë "slumber" is attested in Tolkien's later Quenya, so this verb must still be valid). Cf. also lor "dream" (Letters:308; probably just an Elvish "element" rather than a complete word)
olor
dream
olor noun "dream" (LOS, ÓLOS, LT1:259 [the latter source also gives olórë]); perhaps changed by Tolkien to olos, q.v.
olos
dream, vision
olos (1) noun "dream, vision" (olor-, as in pl. olori from earlier olozi) _(UT:396). _Cf. olor and see lár #2.
murmë
slumber
murmë noun "slumber" (LT1:261)
muru-
to slumber
muru- vb. "to slumber" (LT1:261)
maur
dream, vision
maur noun "dream, vision" (LT1:261)
A word for “dream” in Tolkien’s later writings, most notably as an element in Lórien “✱Dream Lands” (Let/308; PE17/80). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. lóre was glossed “slumber” under the root {ᴹ√LOR >>} ᴹ√LOS “sleep” (Ety/LOS).
Neo-Quenya: I generally use √LOR for “sleep” and √OLOS for “dream” for purposes of Neo-Eldarin. As such, I would use lóre for both “slumber, ✱sleep” and “dream” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, likely a blending of primitive ✱lōre and ✱lōse. But I would use it more for a “(dreamful) sleep”, with olor as the proper word for “dream” or “vision”.