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==Quenya==
'''or''' means "above" or "over" in both [[Quenya]]<ref name="C">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> and [[Sindarin]]<Ref name="E">{{LR|Etymologies}} p. 379, entry ORO</ref>.
'''''or''''' means "above" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="C">{{UT|Cirion}}</ref>  
 
In Quenya, it is also a prefix of words, such as ''[[ortil]]'' (cf. [[oro-]]).{{fact}}
 
===Examples===


In Quenya, it is also a prefix of words, such as ''[[ortil]]'' (cf. [[oro-]]).
==Etymology==
[[Root]] [[ORO]]<Ref name="E"/>
==Examples==
*(Quenya) "...''[[i]] [[Eru]] i '''or''' [[ilya|ilyë]] [[mahalma]]r [[ea (verb)|eä]] [[tennoio]]''" ("the One who is '''above''' all thrones for ever")<ref name="C"/>
*(Quenya) "...''[[i]] [[Eru]] i '''or''' [[ilya|ilyë]] [[mahalma]]r [[ea (verb)|eä]] [[tennoio]]''" ("the One who is '''above''' all thrones for ever")<ref name="C"/>
==Noldorin==
'''''or''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "above".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}} p. 379</ref>
===Etymology===
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[OR#Other versions|ORO]]<ref name=LR/>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[oro-]]
*''[[oro-]]''
*[[erin]]
*''[[erin]]''
*[[ortil]]
*''[[ortil]]''
 
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Revision as of 14:45, 14 July 2011

Quenya

or means "above" in Quenya.[1]

In Quenya, it is also a prefix of words, such as ortil (cf. oro-).[source?]

Examples

Noldorin

or is a Noldorin word meaning "above".[2]

Etymology

See also

References