Early Quenya
mornie
proper name. Black Grief
Cognates
- G. Mornir “Black Grief” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Mornië
Element in
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Morniento✧ LT1I/Amnos (Morniento)Variations
- Mornië ✧ LT1A/Mornië; LT1A/Mornië; LT1I/Amnos; LT1I/Mornië
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mornie
proper name. Black Grief
Cognates
- G. Mornir “Black Grief” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Mornië
Element in
- Eq.
Morniento✧ LT1I/Amnos (Morniento)Variations
- Mornië ✧ LT1A/Mornië; LT1A/Mornië; LT1I/Amnos; LT1I/Mornië
Black ship that ferried the dead to Mandos in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/77), glossed “Black Grief” in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/58). It seems to be a combination of the root ᴱ√MORO having to do with darkness and some form of nyére “grief”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Mornië).