ôl

noun. dream

ôl

noun. dream

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dream” derived from the root ᴹ√OLOS of the same meaning (Ety/LOS, ÓLOS). It replaced a deleted form oll (EtyAC/LOS). It had an abnormal plural form elei “dreams”, derived from primitive olosī, where the intervocalic s was lost resulting in a diphthong. Following Sindarin plural patterns, the result is more likely to be ely “dreams”; see thely < ✱tholosī the (archaic) plural of S. thôl (PE17/188).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had some similar words: G. oloth or olor “a dream, apparition, vision” and G. olm “a dream” (GL/62), all based on the early root ᴱ√OLO (QL/69).

Changes

• ǫlt → ôl “dream” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
• oll → ôl ✧ Ety/LOS

Cognates

• ᴹQ. olor “dream” ✧ Ety/LOS; Ety/ÓLOS

Derivations

• ᴹ√(O)LOS “sleep; dream” ✧ Ety/LOS; Ety/ÓLOS

Element in

• N. Olfannor “Lord of Dream-cloud”
• ᴺS. olui “dreamy”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ÓLOS > ôl	[olos] > [olo] > [ol] > [ōl]	✧ Ety/ÓLOS
ᴹ√ÓLOS > elei	[olosi] > [olohi] > [œlœhi] > [œlœih] > [œlœi] > [elei]	✧ Ety/ÓLOS

Variations

• ǫlt ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
• oll ✧ EtyAC/LOS (oll)

oltha-

verb. to dream

taen

noun. height, summit of high mountain