Eldamo : Sindarin : northa-

S. northa- v. “to make run” (Category: to Ride)

S. northa-, v. “to make run (of horses and animals), *ride; [G.] to send rolling [as a vehicle], speed” (Category: to Ride)

A causative verb in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s based on the root √NOR “run”, meaning “make run, specially used of riding horses or other animals” so probably also having the sense “*ride” like its Quenya cognate Q. norta- (PE17/168).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. northa- “to send rolling, speed” (GL/61), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NORO “run, go smoothly, ride, spin” (QL/67). This early root had other derivatives like G. norn “wheel”.

Neo-Sindarin: I let the root √NOR retain the sense “roll” for purposes of Neo-Eldarin, so I would keep the sense “send rolling, speed” for S. northa- as well, using it for both “ride [an animal]” and “ride [a vehicle]”.

Reference ✧ PE17/168 ✧ “make run, specially used of riding horses or other animals”

Cognates

Q. norta- “to ride, [lit.] make run (specially used of riding horses or other animals)” ✧ PE17/168

Derivations

< √NOR “run (or leap) of animals or men” ✧ PE17/168

Phonetic Developments

√NOR > northa-

[norta-] > [nortʰa-] > [norθa-]

✧ PE17/168

G. northa- v. “to send rolling, speed” (Category: to Push, Shove)

See S. northa- for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/61 ✧ “to send rolling, speed”

Derivations

< ᴱ√NORO “run, go smoothly, ride, spin”