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morë is a word meaning "dark" or "darkness" in Quenya and perhaps Telerin.

It is seen as mori- in compounds (see etymology below).

Etymology

Primitive mori (the short final i becoming e in Common Eldarin stage) Root MOR.

From primitive mori, the i remains so in compounds: morequendi is wrong because *morikwendî > moriquendi.

See also

• Morifinwë/Moryo = "Dark Finwë"
• Moriquendi/Moripendi = "Dark Elves"
• morimaitë = "black-handed"
• Moringotto = "Black Foe"
• Morion = "the dark one"
• morna = "dark, black"
• mornië = "darkness"

Cognates

• Sindarin môr

References

• The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
• Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger