noldorin

proper name. of the Noldo; the Noldor language

Term for the Quenya dialect of the Noldor, as well as a general adjective for that tribe (WJ/373), a combination of their tribal name with the language/adjective suffix -rin.

Conceptual Development: In earlier writings from the 1920s-40s, ᴹQ. Noldorin referred to a completely different language, the Welsh-like language of the second tribe (LR/177, 193), but Tolkien later changed that language to Sindarin and decided that the Noldor spoke a dialect of Quenya.

Etya-noldorin

noun. Exiled Noldorin

Exiled Noldorin, Exile-Noldorin

Yára-noldorin

noun. Old Noldorin

Old Noldorin

Yáranoldorin

noun. Ancient Noldorin

Ancient Noldorin

etya-noldorin

proper name. Exile-Noldorin

A term for Exilic Noldorin appearing in linguistic notes from the 1930s and early 1950s (PE18/26, 76), a compound of etya “exhiled” and Noldorin.

yáranoldorin

proper name. Ancient Noldorin

A term for Old Noldorin appearing in linguistic notes from the 1930s and early 1950s (PE18/26, 76), a compound of yára “old” and Noldorin.