Eldamo : Middle Quenya : Istimor

ᴹQ. Istimor coll. “The Wise”

ᴹQ. Istimor, coll. “The Wise”

Another name for the Noldor appearing in name lists and The Etymologies from the 1930s (LR/403, Ety/IS). It seems to be a combination of istima “wise” and the plural of the agental suffix -mo. It was initially written as Ainimor.

References ✧ Ety/IS; LR/403; LRI/Ainimor, Istimor

Glosses

“The Wise” ✧ LR/403 (Ainimor); LR/403; LRI/Ainimor (Ainimor); LRI/Istimor

Variations

Istimor ✧ Ety/IS; LR/403; LRI/Istimor
Ainimor ✧ LR/403; LRI/Ainimor

Istimor “The Wise” is a variant name for Noldo “one of the wise folk, Gnome”

Elements

istima	“having knowledge, wise, learned”
#-mo	“agental suffix”	plural

istya	“knowledge”		✧ Ety/IS (ista)