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'''iaur''' "old, ancient, original, former"<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]], pp. 358, 399</ref>
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'''''iaur''''' is a [[Sindarin]] adjective meaning "old, ancient, original, former".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''iaur''</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[OS]] *''jâra'' < [[root]] [[YA]] (and probably influence from [[GYER]])
*[[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[YA]]<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, '''YA'''</ref>
==Other forms==
 
*''[[iarwain]]'' "Oldest"
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]]: ''[[yára]]''
 
==See also==
* ''[[Tom Bombadil|Iarwain]]''
* ''[[Ioreth]]''
* ''[[Iorhael]]''
 
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Revision as of 22:34, 23 October 2012

iaur is a Sindarin adjective meaning "old, ancient, original, former".[1]

Etymology

Cognates

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", iaur
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", YA