ninquiraitë

pallor

ninquiraitë ("kw")noun ?"pallor" (PE17:55). The word is cited as the cognate of Sindarin niphred "pallor, fear". The spelling in the source is "ninkwiraite", but the word cannot be intended as Old Sindarin (since kw had already become p in that language).

ninquelë

noun. pallor

Cognates

• S. niphred “pallor, pallor; [N.] fear”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ninquë	“white; chill, cold; pallid”

caurë

fear

caurë _("k")_noun "fear" (LT1:257)

nor-

prefix. fear

Cognates

• S. gor “horror, dread, fear” ✧ PE17/172

Derivations

• √ÑGOR “dread, terror, fear, horror” ✧ PE17/172

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÑGOR > ñor	[ŋgor] > [ŋor] > [nor]	✧ PE17/172

Variations

• ñor ✧ PE17/172 (ñor)

thosso

fear

†thosso (þossë) noun "fear" in Old Quenya (PE17:87, there spelt with the letter þ, not the digraph th)

ñor

fear

[ñor noun? prefix? "fear" (PE17:172)]

þossë

noun. fear

Cognates

• S. thoss “fear” ✧ PE17/087

Derivations

• √THOS “frighten, terrify; show dread of” ✧ PE17/087

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÞOS > þosse	[tʰosse] > [θosse] > [sosse]	✧ PE17/087

Variations

• þosse ✧ PE17/087 (þosse)

sossë

noun. fear

Derivations

• √THOS “frighten, terrify; show dread of”

Element in

• ᴺQ. sossëa “fearful, afraid”

niphred

pallor

n. pallor. >> nimp, niphredil

niphred

noun. pallor, pallor; [N.] fear

Cognates

• ᴺQ. ninquelë “pallor”

Derivations

• ✶ninkwiraite “pallor” ✧ PE17/055

Element in

• S. niphredil “white flower (similar to a snowdrop); *(lit.) pale point” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/168; SA/nim

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ninkwiraite > ni(m)phraed > niphred	[niŋkwiraite] > [nimpiraite] > [nimpʰiraite] > [nimɸiraite] > [nimfiraite] > [nimfirait] > [nimfiraid] > [nimfraid] > [nimfraed] > [nifraed] > [nifred]	✧ PE17/055

niphred

noun. pallor, fear

niphred

pallor

niphred (fear); pl. niphrid

niphred

fear

(pallor); pl. niphrid.

niphred

pallor

(fear); pl. niphrid

achas

fear

(noun) 1) achas (dread), pl. echais. It is possible that the word is lenited in the source, and that it should have an initial g-; if so read gachas (i **achas), pl. gechais (i ngechais = i ñechais), 2) dêl (i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, loathing, horror), pl. dîl (i nîl), 3) delos (i dhelos) (horror, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. Note: a side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys). 4) gôr (i ngôr = i ñor, o n**gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (dread, horror), pl. gŷr (i ngŷr = i ñŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations. 5) niphred (pallor); pl. niphrid.

thos

noun. fear

_ n. _fear. O.Q. þosse. >> di'nguruthos

thoss

noun. fear

Cognates

• Q. þossë “fear” ✧ PE17/087

Derivations

• √THOS “frighten, terrify; show dread of” ✧ PE17/087

Element in

• S. guruthos “dread of death, death-horror, shadow of death, dread of death, death-horror, shadow of death, [N.] fear of death” ✧ PE17/087
• ᴺS. thossui “fearful, afraid”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ÞOS > thos(s)	[tʰosse] > [θosse] > [θoss]	✧ PE17/087

Variations

• thos(s) ✧ PE17/087

achas

fear

(dread), pl. echais. It is possible that the word is lenited in the source, and that it should have an initial g-; if so read gachas (i ’achas), pl. gechais (i ngechais = i ñechais)

daedhelos

great fear

(i naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndaedelos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct. Another term for

delos

fear

(i dhelos) (horror, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. Note: a side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys).

dêl

fear

(i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, loathing, horror), pl. dîl (i nîl)

goe

great fear

(i ’oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe = i ñoe).

gorgoroth

deadly fear

(i ngorgoroth = i ñorgoroth, o n’gorgoroth = o ngorgoroth) (terror), pl. gergeryth (in gergeryth = i ñgergeryth). Archaic pl. görgöryth. Also in shorter form gorgor (i ngorgor = i ñorgor, o n’gorgor = o ñgorgor) (extreme horror), pl. gergyr (in gergyr = i ñgergyr), coll. pl. *gorgorath*** (WJ:415). Archaic pl. ✱görgyr**.

gosta

fear exceedingly

(i ’osta, i ngostar = i ñostar)

gôr

fear

(i ngôr = i ñor, o n’gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (dread, horror), pl. gŷr (i ngŷr = i ñŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations.

ninkwiraite

noun. pallor

Derivatives

• S. niphred “pallor, pallor; [N.] fear” ✧ PE17/055

Elements

Word	Gloss
ninkwi	“white, pale”
raitē	“peculiar hue, (special) fashion”

nifred

noun. pallor, fear

nimred

noun. pallor

del

noun. fear, disgust, loathing, horror

gosta-

verb. to fear exceedingly