Noldo, Gnome
Quenya
noldo
one of the people of the noldor
noldo
noun. Noldo
noldo
proper name. one of the wise folk, Gnome
An Elf of the second tribe, known as “The Wise” (WJ/383). Their name developed from the primitive root √ÑGOL having to do with wisdom (PM/360, WJ/383).
Conceptual Development: The name ᴱQ. Noldo dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, and in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, where it already had the derivation given above (QL/67). In Tolkien’s earlier writings, he often translated this name as “Gnome”, in the sense of the Greek origin of this word (having to do with thought and wisdom) rather than that of a dwarf-like creature. This translation of ᴹQ. Noldo continued to appear in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/201), but became less common in Tolkien’s later writings, and was not used in the published version of The Silmarillion.
In Tolkien’s earliest writings, the plural form of this word was usually ᴱQ. Noldoli (LT1/21), but by the 1930s this had been replaced by ᴹQ. Noldor (LR/119), the form that was used thereafter.
In notes from the 1950s, Tolkien considered an alternate etymology of this name from the root √ÑGOL “dark-hued, dark-brown” referring to their dark hair (PE17/125), just as the tribal name of the Vanya referred to their fair hair. Presumably he considered this alternate origin because the newly-awakened Noldor would not yet have been known for their wisdom, but there is no evidence that this alternate etymology was anything other than a transient idea.
Changes
- ŋoldo → ngoldo ✧ LotR/1123
Cognates
- Ed. Nóm “Wisdom” ✧ WJI/Noldor
- Ed. Sômar “Wisdom” ✧ WJI/Noldor
- S. golodh “lore-master, sage” ✧ MR/470; PE17/141
- S. Golodh “one of the wise folk, Noldo” ✧ PE17/153; PM/360; SA/golodh; SI/Golodhrim; SI/Noldor; WJ/364; WJI/Golodh; MR/350; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor
- T. Goldo “Noldo” ✧ PM/360; WJI/Goldo; WJ/383; WJI/Noldor
- S. Gódhel “(Exiled) Noldo” ✧ WJI/Noldor
Derivations
Derivatives
- S. Noll “Noldo” ✧ PE17/141
Element in
- Q. Argoldo “Noble Noldo”
- Q. Ingoldo “The Noldo” ✧ MR/230
- Q. Noldolantë “Fall of the Noldor” ✧ S/087
- Q. Noldo-quentasta Ingoldova “Ingoldo’s History of the Noldor” ✧ VT39/16
- Q. Noldóran “King of the Ñoldor”
- Q. Noldorin “of the Noldo; the Noldor language” ✧ LBI/Noldor; PE17/125; UTI/Noldor
- Q. Quenta Noldorinwa “the History of the Noldor” ✧ PM/030; VT39/16
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ngolodō > Ñoldor [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ MR/350 ✶ngolodō > noldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ MR/350 ✶ngolodõ > Noldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ MR/470 Aq. ñolda > ŋoldo > noldo [ŋgoldo] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ PE17/125 ✶ñgolodō > ñoldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ PE17/153 ✶ñgolodō > ñoldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ PE19/076 ✶Ñgolodō > Noldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ PM/360 √ngol- > Noldor [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ SA/gûl ✶ñgolodō > Ñoldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ WJ/364 ✶ñgolodō > Ñoldor [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ WJ/380 ✶ñgolodō > Ñoldo [ŋgolodō] > [ŋgoldō] > [ŋoldō] > [ŋoldo] > [noldo] ✧ WJ/383 Variations
- noldo ✧ LotR/1123; MR/350; PE17/125
- ngoldo ✧ LotR/1123 (ngoldo)
- ñoldo ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/153; PE19/076
- ŋoldo ✧ RC/736 (ŋoldo)
- Ñoldo ✧ VT39/16; WJ/364; WJ/383
ngoldo
ngoldo
ngoldo see noldo
Noldóran
king of the noldor
Noldóran ("ñ")noun "King of the Noldor" (PM:343; evidently noldo + aran).
Quendingoldo
elves
Quendingoldo masc. name, apparently compound of Quendi "Elves" and -ngoldo "Noldo", Sindarin Pengolodh, a loremaster of Gondolin. (PM:401, 404-405, VT48:5) Shorter form Quengoldo (PM:404, VT48:14)
Quendi
zF2% noun. elves
Quendi "Elves" as a race (analogical sg. quendë, not much used) (WJ:361;SA:quen-/quet-, WJ:372, KWEN(ED), spelt "qende, Qendi" in Etym). Gen. pl. Quendion (PM:395)
anga
iron
anga noun "iron", also name of tengwa #7 (ANGĀ, Appendix E, SA, PM:347, LT1:249, 268). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, anga was the name of letter #19, which tengwa Tolkien would later call noldo instead (VT45:6). Masc. names Angamaitë "Iron-handed" (Letters:347), Angaráto "Iron-champion", Sindarin Angrod(SA:ar(a) ). See also Angamando, tornanga and cf. Angainor as the name of the chain with which Melkor was bound (Silm)
anga
noun. iron
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Angainor ✧ SA/anga
- Q. Angamaitë “Iron-handed” ✧ PM/347
- Q. Angamando “Iron Prison, Iron-gaol”
- Q. Angaráto “*Iron Champion” ✧ PM/347
- Q. Artanga “*Noble Iron”
- ᴺQ. angaraxa “train”
- ᴺQ. angatië “railway line, railroad track, (lit.) iron-road”
- ᴺQ. angamendar “train station, (lit.) iron way-stop”
- Q. tornanga “hard-iron, iron hard, iron hard; hard-iron, *steel” ✧ PE17/056
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶angā > anga [aŋgā] > [aŋga] ✧ PM/347
erë
iron
erë, eren noun "iron" or "steel"; Eremandu variant of Angamandu (Angband) (LT1:252; "iron" should be anga in LotR-style Quenya, but erë, eren may still be used for "steel". See also yaisa.)
noldo (ñ) noun "one of the people of the Noldor", "one of the wise folk, Gnome". Cf. the gloss "Gnome" in early "Qenya" (LT1:262). Also name of tengwa #19, that is used for the initial n of noldo in Tengwar spelling. Originally pronounced ngoldo (also spelt ñoldo by Tolkien, ÑGOLOD); initial ng had become n in Third Age pronunciation (Appendix E). Pl. Noldor ("Ñoldor"), "the Wise", name of the second clan of the Eldar (WJ:380, 381); gen. pl. Noldoron "of the Noldor" is attested (VT39:16)