Q. nor-¹ v. (basic-verb) “to run (or leap, of animals or men)” (Category: to Run)
A verb translated “run (or leap: of animals, men etc.)” in notes from around 1965, derived from the root √NOR (PE17/94, 168). It also appeared in its past form norne “ran” in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s (PE17/58).
Conceptual Development: A similar verb ᴱQ. nyor(o)- “run” appeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/132, 134). In earlier writings the root had a slightly different meaning: ᴱ√NORO “run, go smoothly, ride, spin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/67), and ᴹ√NOR “run as of wheels, roll along” in a rejected page of verbal roots in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 (PE22/127). The latter document had a distinct verb ᴹQ. rohta- based on the root ᴹ√ROK “run on foot”; in later writings from the 1950s and 60s this root was only used for “horse” words.
Earlier still, the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had several unrelated verbs for “run”: ᴱQ. loqo- “run (of human beings)” under the early root ᴱ√LOQO (QL/56), ᴱQ. pelte- “run” under the early root ᴱ√PELE² having to do with revolving things (QL/73), and ᴱQ. yurin [yuru-] “runs” under the early root ᴱ√ẎURU “run” (QL/106). The last of these reappeared as a (Noldorin-only?) root ᴹ√YUR “run” in The Etymologies of the 1930s.
By the 1950s and 60s, the only surviving root for running on legs seems to be √NOR, as described above.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d use Q. nor- only to mean “run (of animals and men)”. For “leap” I would use [ᴹQ.] cap-.
References ✧ PE17/58-59, 94, 168
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| nore | aorist | “run” | ✧ PE17/94 |
| amnórie | intensive gerund | “with more running, faster” | ✧ PE17/94 |
| norne | past | “he ran” | ✧ PE17/58; PE17/58; PE17/59 |
| norne | past | ✧ PE17/168 |
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| √NOR > nor- | [nor-] | ✧ PE17/168 |
ᴱQ. nyoro- v. “to run” (Category: to Run)
References ✧ PE16/132, 134
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ᴱQ. loqo- v. “to run (of human beings)” (Category: to Run)
References ✧ QL/56
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| lonqe | past | ✧ QL/56 |
| lōqe | past | ✧ QL/56 |
Derivations
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| ᴱ√LOQO > loqo- | [lokʷa-] | ✧ QL/56 |
ᴱQ. pelte- v. “to run” (Category: to Run)
References ✧ QL/73
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| pelente- | past | ✧ QL/73 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√PELE² > pelte- | [pelete-] > [pelte-] | ✧ QL/73 |