Úner, 'Noman', was the man Ancalimë said she would 'prefer above all others' when Hallacar proposed to her after wooing her under the pseudonym Mámandil.[1] Ancalimë meant that she would not like to marry any man.
Etymology
The elements of the name are ú-, a negative prefix,[2] and nér "(adult) man".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Ósanwe-kenta: 'Enquiry into the Communication of Thought'" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998, p. 14. Cf. Úmaiar, Úmanyar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 354, entry "DER-"; p. 375, entry "NDER-".