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'''Úner''', 'Noman', was the man [[Tar-Ancalimë|Ancalimë]] said she would 'prefer above all others' when [[Hallacar]] proposed her after wooing her under pseudonym [[Mámandil]].<ref>{{UT|Wife}}</ref> Ancalimë meant that she would not like to marry any man.


==Etymologies==
The elements of the name are ''[[ú-]]'', a negative prefix,<ref>{{VT|39b}}, p. 14. Cf. ''[[Úmaiar]], [[Úmanyar]]''</ref> and ''[[nér]]'' "man".<ref>{{MR|Laws}}, p. 213; {{VT|49a}}, p. 17; {{VT|45a}}, p. 9. Cf. e.g. ''[[Nerwen]]''</ref>
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Úner, 'Noman', was the man Ancalimë said she would 'prefer above all others' when Hallacar proposed her after wooing her under pseudonym Mámandil.[1] Ancalimë meant that she would not like to marry any man.

Etymologies

The elements of the name are ú-, a negative prefix,[2] and nér "man".[3]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Ósanwe-kenta: 'Enquiry into the Communication of Thought'" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 14. Cf. Úmaiar, Úmanyar
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Laws and Customs among the Eldar", p. 213; J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 17; J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 9. Cf. e.g. Nerwen