Sindarin 

nornhabar

place name. Dwarrowdelf

An earlier Sindarin translation of Khazad-dûm, replaced by Hadhodrond (WJ/209). It is a compound of norn “hard”, which is sometimes used as a name for Dwarves, and the lenited form of ✱sabar “delving”. A variant Dornhabar appears in Tolkien’s Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (PE17/35), changing the initial element to dorn of similar meaning. The form Domhabar that was originally published in PE17 is confirmed to have been an error; see the Parma Eldalamberon Errata (PEE).

Changes

  • Nornhabar → Hadhodrond ✧ WJI/Hadhodrond
  • Nornhabar → Hadhodrond “Dwarrowdelf” ✧ WJI/Nornhabar

Cognates

  • Kh. Khazad-dûm “Dwarrowdelf, (lit.) Delving of the Dwarves” ✧ PE17/035; WJ/209

Elements

WordGloss
norn“hard; dwarf”
sabar“delving”

Variations

  • Dornhabar ✧ PE17/035
  • Domhabar ✧ PEE/17
Sindarin [PE17/035; PEE/17; WJ/209; WJI/Hadhodrond; WJI/Khazad-dûm; WJI/Nornhabar] Group: Eldamo. Published by