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Early Quenya

lor-

verb. to slumber

Cognates

  • G. lor- “to sleep deep, dream (tr.)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LORO “doze, slumber” ✧ LT1A/Lórien; QL/056
    • ᴱ√OLO “*dream”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LORO > lor-[lor-]✧ QL/056
Early Quenya [LT1A/Lórien; QL/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fum-

verb. to sleep

A verb for “sleep” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√FUMU of the same meaning (QL/39). An unglossed verb hum- on a page of Qenya Verb Forms from the 1910s might be another iteration of this verb (PE14/28).

Cognates

  • G. hum- “to sleep, drowze”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FUMU “sleep” ✧ QL/039

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FUMU > fum-[ɸum-] > [fum-]✧ QL/039

Variations

  • hum- ✧ PE14/028
Early Quenya [PE14/028; QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

murme

noun. slumber, sleep

A noun for “slumber” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MURU of the same meaning (QL/63). It also appeared with the gloss “sleep” in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/63).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MURU “slumber” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/063

Element in

  • Eq. Murmenalda “Vale of Sleep” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
  • Eq. murmea “slumbrous” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; QL/063
  • Eq. Murmuran ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MURU > murme[murmē] > [murme]✧ QL/063

Variations

  • murmë ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
Early Quenya [LT1A/Murmenalda; PME/063; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by