Q. norna adj. “tough, stiff; hard, firm, resistant; thrawn, obdurate” (Category: Hard)

Q. norna, adj. “tough, stiff; hard, firm, resistant; thrawn, obdurate” (Category: Hard)

References ✧ PE17/106, 181; WJ/413

Glosses

• “hard, firm, tough, resistant” ✧ PE17/106
• “stiff, tough” ✧ WJ/413
• “thrawn, tough, obdurate” ✧ PE17/181

Related

• Norno is a personalized form of norna “stiff, tough” ✧ WJ/413

Element In

• Q. Nornalië “People of the Dwarves” ✧ WJ/388

Cognates

• S. dorn “tough, stiff, thrawn, obdurate” ✧ PE17/181; WJ/413

Derivations

• < √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding” ✧ PE17/181; WJ/413 (DORO)
• < √NDOR “land; hard, firm; [ᴹ√] dwell, stay, rest, abide” ✧ PE17/106
  • < √DOR “hard, tough, dried up, unyielding”

Phonetic Developments

√NDOR > norna	[ndorna] > [norna]	✧ PE17/106
√DOR > norna	[dorna] > [norna]	✧ PE17/181
√DORO > norna	[dorna] > [norna]	✧ WJ/413