Eldamo : Quenya : Úr(in)

Q. Úr(in) pn. “Sun”

Q. Úr(in), pn. “Sun”

A late remnant of earlier names for the Sun: ᴱQ. Ûr and ᴹQ. Úrin. In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name was changed from Úrin >> Naira >> Vása (MR/198), but the form Úr(in) occasionally appeared in some later writings (PE17/148, MR/377). This name was a derivative of the root √UR “heat, be hot” (PE17/148).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name was ᴱQ. Ûr, Ur or Úri “Sun”, but literally meaning “Fire” (LT1/187, QL/98). The name became ᴹQ. Úrin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/240). It was rejected in The Etymologies along with the root form ᴹ√UR¹, but reappeared sometimes in later writing as noted above.

References ✧ MR/198, 377; MRI/Úr; PE17/148

Glosses

“Sun” ✧ MR/377 (Úr); MRI/Úr (Úr)

Variations

Úrin ✧ MRI/Úr; PE17/148; MR/198 (Úrin)
Úr ✧ MR/377; MRI/Úr

Vása “Consumer” likely replaced Úr(in) “Sun”

Changes

Úrin >> Naira ✧ MR/198

Derivations

< √UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148

Phonetic Developments

√UR > Úrin

[ūrin]

✧ PE17/148

ᴹQ. Úrin (Úrind-) pn. “Sun, (lit.) Fiery”

An earlier Quenya name for the Sun appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s and glossed “Fiery” (LR/240). It was sometimes used in combination with its other name Anar: Úr-anar “Red Sun” (LR/72). In a deleted entry in The Etymologies, it was given as a derivative of the root ᴹ√UR¹ “be hot” (Ety/UR).

See Q. Úr(in) for further discussion.

References ✧ Ety/UR; LR/72, 240; LRI/Ûr, Úrin; SM/97

Glosses

“f. name of the Sun” ✧ Ety/UR (Úrin)
“Fiery” ✧ LR/240; LRI/Úrin
“Red Sun” ✧ LR/72 (Úr-anar); LR/72 (Úr-anar)
“Sun” ✧ SM/97 (Ûr)

Variations

Úrin ✧ LR/240; LRI/Úrin; Ety/UR (Úrin)
Úr-anar ✧ LR/72; LR/72; LRI/Ûr
Ûr ✧ SM/97

Inflections

Úrinden

genitive

✧ Ety/UR

Element In

ᴹQ. en kárielto eldain Isil, hildin Úr-anar; toi írimar “for Elves they made the Moon, but for Men the red Sun; which are beautiful” ✧ LR/72; LR/72
ᴹQ. Úrien¹ “Sun-maiden” ✧ SM/97

Derivations

< ᴹ√UR¹ “be hot” ✧ Ety/UR (UR)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√UR > Úrin

[ūrin]

✧ Ety/UR

ᴱQ. Ûr pn. “Sun, (lit.) Fire”

Name of the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/187), sometimes appearing as úri (MC/214, 221), derived from the root ᴱ√URU having to do with heat (QL/98).

See Q. Úr(in) for further discussion.

References ✧ LRI; LT1/85, 187; LT1A/Ûr, Urwen; LT1I; MC/214, 216, 221; PE15/77; PE16/62, 72, 74-75, 77, 100, 104; PME/98; QL/98; SMI

Glosses

“Fire” ✧ LT1/187
“Sun” ✧ LRI/Ûr; LT1/85; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Ûr; MC/214 (úri); MC/221 (úri); PE15/77 (úrin); PE16/62 (úri); SMI/Ûr
“the Sun” ✧ QL/98 (Ur)
“the sun (disc)” ✧ PE16/75 (úri)

Variations

Ûr ✧ LRI/Ûr; LT1/85; LT1/187; LT1A/Ûr; LT1A/Urwen; LT1I/Ûr; SMI/Ûr
Úri ✧ LT1A/Ûr; MC/214; MC/221; PE16/62; PE16/74; PE16/75
úrin ✧ PE15/77
uuri ✧ PE16/72; PE16/77
Ur ✧ PME/98; QL/98
Ūri ✧ QL/98

Urwen = Ur “the Sun” ✧ QL/98

Inflections

uurio	genitive		✧ PE16/104
úrio	genitive	“of the sun”	✧ MC/216; PE16/100
úring-	stem		✧ PE15/77
ūr-	stem		✧ PME/98; QL/98

Element In

ᴱQ. karnevaite úri kilde hísen níe nienaite “amid the red skies the Sun with wet eyes dropped tears of mist” ✧ MC/221; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74
ᴱQ. ránuringwi “sun and moon”
ᴱQ. Urwen(di) “Sun-maiden” ✧ LT1A/Ûr (Urwen); LT1A/Urwen (Urwendi); QL/98 (Urwen)
ᴱQ. alkantaniéren úrio kalmainen “made it shine in the lights of the sun” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104
ᴱQ. karnevaite úri kilivande hísen nie nie nienaite “*red-skied the sun will gaze through a haze of tears” ✧ PE16/77
ᴱQ. úri nienaite híse “a bleared sun” ✧ MC/214
ᴱQ. Úrinki “Orbed Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; LT1A/Urwen; QL/98 (Ūrinki)
ᴱQ. Úrion ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Cognates

G. aur(a) “Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr (Aur)
G. †Uril “Sun” ✧ LT1A/Ûr (†Uril)

Derivations

< ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/98

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√URU > Ur

[ur]

✧ QL/98