14.44 Morning
- Q. †amaurëa adj. “dawn, early day, morning”
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A word appearing in the first draft of the 1960s version of the Markirya poem in the phrase métima amaurëasse “in the last morning” (MC/222), apparently a combination of am- “up” and an adjectival form of aurë “day”. In the glossary associated with the poem, Tolkien glossed amaurëa as “dawn, early day” and marked it as archaic/poetic (†). It resembles an adjective, so its noun form might be *amaurë. In the final iteration of the poem Tolkien changed the phrase to métim’ auressë using a locative of aurë “day” instead. This change might be have to produce the correct number of syllables for the line (5 like many other lines in the poem) rather than a rejection of amaurë(a) itself.
- ᴹQ. arin n. “morning”
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A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “morning” and derived from the root ᴹ√AR¹ “day” (Ety/AR¹).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, the word for “day” became aurë while árë changed in meaning to “sunshine, warmth (of the sun)” based on the root √AS “warmth”. However, I think arin “morning” might be retained for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of √AS, perhaps originally meaning the warming in the morning after the chill of night.
14.45 Noon
- G. authmeg n. “midday, high noon”
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The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. authmeg “midday, high noon” (GL/20) as a combination of G. auth “sunshine, noontide” and (probably) the early root ᴱ√MEKE having to do with the center (QL/60). It also had G. saidhon “noon” derived from primitive ᴱ✶sek’·ðana (GL/66), and thus G. seg [< *sek-] “middle point” combined with G. dana “day”.
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would update these to ᴺS. nedhor “mid-day, noon” as combination of [N.] nedh- “mid-” and aur “day”.
14.46 Evening
- ᴹQ. sinye n. “evening”
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A word for “evening” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√THIN having to do with grey things (Ety/THIN).
Conceptual Development: The entry ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” had ᴹQ. {vinya >>} vinye “evening” before the entire entry was struck through (Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN).
- N. †thîn n. “evening”
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An (archaic) word for “evening” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√THIN having to do with grey things (Ety/THIN; EtyAC/THIN). The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road had thin with short i (LR/392), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to thîn in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/18).
Conceptual Development: The entry for ᴹ√THIN at first gave {†sîn >>} †thîn (EtyAC/THIN). The entry ᴹ√WIN(I)D “pale blue” in The Etymologies had N. {gwein >>} gwîn “evening” before the entire entry was struck through (Ety/WIN; EtyAC/WIN). The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. mathwen “evening” as an elaboration of G. math “dusk” (GL/56).