S. Nornhabar loc. “Dwarrowdelf”

S. Nornhabar, loc. “Dwarrowdelf”

An earlier Sindarin translation of Khazad-dûm, replaced by Hadhodrond (WJ/209). It is a compound of norn “hard”, which is sometimes used as a name for Dwarves, and the lenited form of *sabar “delving”. A variant Dornhabar appears in Tolkien’s Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (PE17/35), changing the initial element to dorn of similar meaning. The form Domhabar that was originally published in PE17 is confirmed to have been an error; see the Parma Eldalamberon Errata (PEE).

References ✧ PE17/35; PEE/17; WJ/209; WJI/Hadhodrond, Khazad-dûm, Nornhabar

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#norn “hard; dwarf”
#sabar “delving” soft-mutation

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