Eldamo : Quenya : Ormal

Q. Ormal pn.

Q. Ormal, pn.

The southernmost of the two lamps that first lit the world (S/35). The meaning of this name is unclear.

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, the name of this lamp was ᴹQ. Ringil (LR/32). In the 1950s, Tolkien changed this to Hyaras and then Hyarantë (both probably from Q. hyar- “south”) before settling on Ormal (MR/7).

References ✧ LT1I; MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë, Ormal; SI

Ormal was the companion to Illuin

Q. Hyarantë pn. “Southern Lamp”

See Q. Ormal for discussion.

References ✧ MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë, Hyaras

Glosses

“Southern Lamp” ✧ MRI/Hyarantë; MRI/Hyaras (Hyaras)

Variations

Hyarantë ✧ MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë
Hyaras ✧ MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë; MRI/Hyaras

Hyarantë “Southern Lamp” was the companion to Forontë “Northern Lamp”

Changes

Hyaras >> Hyarantë ✧ MR/7; MRI/Hyarantë
Hyarantë >> Ormal ✧ MR/7
Hyarantë “Southern Lamp” >> Ormal ✧ MRI/Hyarantë

Derivations

< Q. hyar- “left-hand, south”
- < ᴹ√KHYAR “left hand”