nór noun "land" (stem nor-, PE17:106) this is land as opposed to water and sea (nor in Letters:308). Cf. nórë.
Quenya
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)
nor-
run (or leap: of animals, men etc.)
nor-
verb. run
nor-
verb. to run (or leap, of animals or men)
Cognates
- S. nor- “to run (or leap) of animals or men, to run (or leap) of animals or men; [G.] to roll [of vehicles]” ✧ PE17/168
Derivations
- √NOR “run (or leap) of animals or men, run (or leap) of animals or men; [ᴹ√] run as of wheels, roll along, [ᴱ√] go smoothly, ride, spin” ✧ PE17/168
Element in
- Q. á norë amnórië “run with more running, run faster” ✧ PE17/094; PE17/094
- Q. norië “race, running, running, race” ✧ PE17/168
- Q. nórima “strong/swift at running, swiftly running a course”
- Q. normë “race, running, race (running)” ✧ PE17/168
- Q. nornë lintië “he ran quickly” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059
- Q. nornë lintieryanen “he ran as swiftly as he could, (lit.) he ran with his speed” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059
- Q. norolinda “*tripping lightly”
- Q. norta- “to make run (specially used of riding horses or other animals), ride”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NOR > nor- [nor-] ✧ PE17/168 Variations
- nor- ✧ PE17/168
nór
land
nór
noun. land
A term for “land” as in “(dry) land as opposed to the sea”, mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/413) and again in notes from around 1968 (PE17/106-107).
Possible Etymology: In the Quendi and Eldar essay this term was derived from primitive ✶ndōro, but in the aforementioned 1968 notes Tolkien clarified that its stem form was nŏr-. This means it was probably derived from ancient ✱ndŏr-, where the long vowel in the uninflected form was inherited from the Common Eldarin subjective form ✱ndōr, a phenomenon also seen in words like nér (ner-) “man”. I prefer this second derivation, as it makes the independent word more distinct from the suffixal form -ndor or -nóre used in the names of countries.
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶ndōr > nōr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/106 ✶NDŌR/NDŎR- > nôr [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ PE17/107 ✶ndōro > nór [ndōro] > [ndōr] > [nōr] ✧ WJ/413 Variations
- nōr ✧ PE17/106
- nôr ✧ PE17/107
ñor
fear
[ñor noun? prefix? "fear" (PE17:172)]
-ndor
land
-ndor, final element in compounds: "land" (Letters:308, UT:253)
nornoro-
run on, run smoothly
nornoro- vb. "run on, run smoothly" (LT1:263). Compare nor-.
nóre
noun. land
nórë
land
nórë noun "land" (associated with a particular people) (WJ:413), "country, land, dwelling-place, region where certain people live, race, clan" (NŌ, NDOR, BAL), also used = "race, tribe, people" (SA:dôr, PE17:169; however, the normal word for "people" is lië). Early "Qenya" hasnórë "native land, nation, family, country" (in compounds -nor) (LT1:272)
nórima
strong/swift at running
nórima adj. "strong/swift at running" (VT49:29); see nor-
yur-
run
yur- vb. "run" (quoted in form yurin, translated "runs", but within Tolkien's later framework it looks like a 1st person aorist "I run")-QL:106 (cf. entry YUR in Etym)
caurë
fear
caurë _("k")_noun "fear" (LT1:257)
thosso
fear
†thosso (þossë) noun "fear" in Old Quenya (PE17:87, there spelt with the letter þ, not the digraph th)
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)
yur-
verb. to run
Derivations
- ᴹ√YUR “run”
sossë
noun. fear
Derivations
- √THOS “frighten, terrify; show dread of”
Element in
- ᴺQ. sossëa “fearful, afraid”
nor- vb. "run (or leap: of animals, men etc.)", pa.t. nornë (PE17:58, 168); cf. nórima, nornoro-