NGOL
From Tolkien Gateway
NGOL is an Elvish root signifying "knowledge, wisdom, lore".[1]
Derivatives
- Primitive Quendian: ñgolodō ("the Wise")[1] or ngolodō[2]
- Quenya: ñolé ("long study (of any subject)")[1] or ñólë ("lore, knowledge")[2]; iñgole ("lore")[1]; ingolmo ("loremaster")[1]
- Telerin: góle, engole
- Sindarin: gûl
- Black Speech: gûl
Other versions of the legendarium
In the Etymologies appears the roots ÑGOL, signifying "wise, wisdom, be wise", and ÑGOLOD, signifying "one of the wise folk, Gnome".[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: C. The Clan-names, with notes on other names for divisions of the Eldar", p. 383
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: Glossary", p. 350
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 377. Cf., J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 3
