Oromë

the eldar now take the name to singify 'horn-blowing' or 'horn-blower', but to the valar it had no such meaning

Oromë noun name of a Vala, adopted and adapted from Valarin. Observes Pengolodh, "the Eldar now take the name to singify 'horn-blowing' or 'horn-blower', but to the Valar it had no such meaning" (WJ:400-401, cf. SA:rom and ROM, TÁWAR in Etym, VT14:5). Genitive Oromëo and possessive Oroméva in WJ:368. _._Loose compound Oromë róma "an Oromë horn", sc. "one of Orome's horns (if he had more than one)" (WJ:368). A deleted entry in the Etymologies cited the name as Orómë with a long middle vowel (VT45:15). Oromendil, masc. name *"Friend of Oromë" (UT:210)

rassë

horn

rassë, also rasco, noun "horn" (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains) (RAS/VT46:10, PM:69)

rassë

noun. horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]

A noun appearing as ᴹQ. rasse “horn” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√RAS “stick up” along with a variant form rasko (Ety/RAS). In that document Tolkien said it was used “especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains”. The word rasse “horn” reappeared on a (rejected) page of verb forms from 1948 (PE22/127 note #152), and again in notes from the 1950s or 60s discussing the mountain name S. Caradhras (PE17/36).

Cognates

• S. rass “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]” ✧ PE17/036

Derivations

• √RAS “horn, horn; [ᴹ√] stick up”

Element in

• Q. Arfanyarassë “High Shining White Peak”
• ᴺQ. rassëa “horned”
• ᴺQ. rassemunda “rhinoceros, (lit.) horn-snout”

Variations

• rasse ✧ PE17/036

róma

horn

róma (1) noun "horn" (WJ:368 - this refers to a "horn" as an instrument rather than as part of an animal; see rassë, tarca_)._Loose compound Oromë róma "an Oromë horn", sc. "one of Orome's horns (if he had more than one)" (WJ:368).

róma

noun. horn, horn; [ᴹQ.] loud sound, trumpet-sound, *blare

Derivations

• √ROM “horn noise, horn noise; [ᴹ√] loud noise”

Element in

• Q. Orome róma “an Orome horn” ✧ WJ/368
• Q. róma Oromëo “a horn coming from Orome” ✧ WJ/368
• Q. róma Oroméva “Orome’s horn” ✧ WJ/368
• Q. Valaróma “Horn of Oromë, *(lit.) Vala-horn”

tarca

horn

tarca ("k")noun "horn" (TARÁK)

taru

horn

taru noun "horn" (LT2:337, 347; Tolkien's later Quenya has tarca)

romba

horn, trumpet

romba noun "horn, trumpet" (ROM)

rass

horn

_ n. _horn. >> Caradhras

rass

noun. horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]

A noun for “horn” appearing in notes on the name Caradhras “Redhorn” from the 1950s or 60s (PE17/36). This word was an element in other names as well, such as Methedras “Last Peak” and Nimras “White Horn”.

Conceptual Development: This word appeared as N. rhas “horn” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RAS “stick up” (Ety/RAS). Christopher Tolkien gave it as rhaes in The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road (LR/383), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to rhas in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/10). In The Etymologies it appeared beside an alternate form N. rhasg, equivalent to ᴹQ. rasko (Ety/RAS; EtyAC/RAS).

Neo-Sindarin: Some Neo-Sindarin writers adapt its variant form as ᴺS. rasg, but I recommend sticking to attested S. rass for a “horn” of both animals and mountains.

Cognates

• Q. rassë “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]” ✧ PE17/036

Derivations

• √RAS “horn, horn; [ᴹ√] stick up”

Element in

• S. Barad Nimras “White Horn Tower” ✧ SA/ras
• S. Caradhras “Redhorn” ✧ SA/ras
• S. Caran-rass “Redhorn” ✧ PE17/036
• S. Ered Nimrais “White Mountains, (lit.) White-horns Mountains” ✧ SA/ras
• S. Methedras “Last Peak” ✧ SA/ras
• S. Nimras “White Horn”
• S. Ras-Arphain
• S. Rasmund “Horned Bull”

rom

noun. horn, trumpet

ras

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

The form rhaes in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:10

rasg

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

till

sharp horn

(i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild.

rû

sound of horns

pl. rui (idh rui), also romru, pl. remry (idh remry) for archaic römry

rafn

horn

(wing, extended point at the side), pl. raifn (idh raifn)

rasg

noun. horn

rass

horn

(mountain peak), pl. #rais (idh rais). The pl. is attested in the name Ered Nimrais. Side-form rasc, rasg.

rom

horn

1) rom (trumpet), pl. rym (idh rym), coll. pl. rommath. (Cf. also romloth ”horn-flower”, tobacco.) 2) rass (mountain peak), pl. #rais** (idh rais). The pl. is attested in the name Ered Nimrais. Side-form rasc, rasg. 3) rafn (wing, extended point at the side), pl. raifn (idh raifn); 4) tarag (i darag, o tharag), pl. teraig (i theraig**). The word may be used of a ”steep mountain peak” (VT46:17; ”steep mountain path” in LR:391 is a misreading).

rom

horn

(trumpet), pl. rym (idh rym), coll. pl. rommath. (Cf. also romloth ”horn-flower”, tobacco.)

tarag

horn

(i darag, o tharag), pl. teraig (i theraig). The word may be used of a ”steep mountain peak” (VT46:17; ”steep mountain path” in LR:391 is a misreading).

inbar

noun. horn

Element in

• Kh. Barazinbar “Redhorn” ✧ PE17/035; TI/174
• Kh. Udushinbar “Horn of Cloud”
• Kh. Zirakinbar “Silverhorn”

ras

root. horn, horn; [ᴹ√] stick up

This root first appeared as ᴹ√RAS “stick up (intr.)” in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. rasse and N. rhas or rhasg “horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)” (Ety/RAS; EtyAC/RAS). It reappeared as ᴹ√RASA “stick up” on an rejected page of roots in the Quenya Verbal System from the 1940s (PE22/127). Finally, √RAS “horn” appeared in Common Eldarin: Noun Structure of the early 1950s, but that was merely the last appearance of the root in Tolkien’s published writings. Q. rassë and S. rass “horn” continued to appear regularly as an element in mountain names in the 1950s and 60s.

Derivatives

• ✶aras(sō) “hart” ✧ PE21/82
  • ᴺQ. arasso “hart, stag, (male) deer”
  • S. aras “deer, deer, hart, *stag”
• ✶rass “horn”
• Q. ras- “to stick out”
• Q. rassë “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]”
• S. rass “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]”
• S. ras(t) “cape, shore”

Element in

• ᴺQ. rassulca “carrot”

rass

noun. horn

Derivations

• √RAS “horn, horn; [ᴹ√] stick up”

Element in

• S. Caran-rass “Redhorn” ✧ SA/caran

rhasg

noun. horn

Derivations

• ᴹ√RAS “stick up (intr.)” ✧ Ety/RAS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√RAS > rhasg	[raske] > [rask] > [r̥ask] > [r̥asg]	✧ Ety/RAS

tarag

noun. horn

till

noun. horn

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tilde “spike, horn” ✧ Ety/TIL

Derivations

• ᴹ√TIL “point, horn” ✧ Ety/TIL

Element in

• N. Celebdil “Silvertine”
• N. Calendil “Green-tine”
• N. Tor-dilluin
• N. nelthil “triangle” ✧ Ety/TIL
• N. Nimdil “White Horn”
• N. nifredil “(green) snowdrop; *(lit.) pale point”
• N. Tilion “Horned” ✧ Ety/TIL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TIL > tild > till	[tilde] > [tilðe] > [tilð] > [till]	✧ Ety/TIL

rhom

noun. horn, trumpet

tild

noun. horn, point

till

noun. horn, point

rhas

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

The form rhaes in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:10

tarag

noun. steep mountain peak

rhasg

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)