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'''''Olos''''' (variant spelling ''olor'') is [[Quenya]] for "dream, vision / of mind". It is connected to [[Gandalf]]'s Quenya name ''[[Olórin]]''.<ref>{{UT|Istari}}</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 88</ref><ref name=LR>{{HM|LR}}, "[[The Etymologies]]", p. 379</ref> | '''''Olos''''' (variant spelling ''olor'') is [[Quenya]] for "dream, vision / of mind". It is connected to [[Gandalf]]'s Quenya name ''[[Gandalf|Olórin]]''.<ref>{{UT|Istari}}</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 88</ref><ref name=LR>{{HM|LR}}, "[[The Etymologies]]", p. 379</ref> | ||
The word derives from the [[Sundocarmë|root]] [[ÓLOS]].<ref name=LR/> | The word derives from the [[Sundocarmë|root]] [[ÓLOS]].<ref name=LR/> | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 20 November 2011
Olos (variant spelling olor) is Quenya for "dream, vision / of mind". It is connected to Gandalf's Quenya name Olórin.[1][2][3]
The word derives from the root ÓLOS.[3]
Other versions of the Legendarium
In Qenya, olor also means "dream", with the variant spelling olórë (used in Olórë Mallë).[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Istari"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 88
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "The Etymologies", p. 379
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, pp. 259, 263
- Helge Fauskanger, Quettaparma Quenyallo, as of 7 September 2010
