The Encyclopedia of Arda - Nórui (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Modern 23 May - 21 June (by the Stewards' Reckoning); 22 May - 21 June (by the older King's Reckoning) Pronunciation noa'rui ('ui' as in English 'ruin') Meaning Approximately '(Month) of the heat of the Sun'1 Other names Nárië; closely equivalent to Forelithe on the Shire Calendar, or Lithe on the calendar of Bree Indexes: Alphabetical: N Time and Calendars About this entry: Updated 13 April 2013 This entry is complete The sixth month of the year Months of the year The name used by the Dúnedain, taken from the Sindarin language, for the sixth of the year's twelve months. It fell between the fifth and seventh months, Lothron and Cerveth. The name 'Nórui' is related to the Quenya Nárië, used in most related calendars of Middle-earth. Both names seem to the refer to the Sun, as this month marked the coming of summer. Notes 1 The Sindarin nór- element (equivalent to Quenya nár-) literally means 'fire' or 'flame', but with an explicit connection to the Sun (which was known as Anor in Sindarin, or Anar in Quenya). So Nórui was the month of the heat of the Sun or, perhaps more naturally, the 'month of sunshine'. See also... Cerveth, Forelithe, King’s Reckoning, Nárië, New Reckoning, Stewards’ Reckoning Indexes: Alphabetical: N Time and Calendars About this entry: Updated 13 April 2013 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2013. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is the complete personality profile package, with modules for job matching, relationships, teams and more.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Modern 23 May - 21 June (by the Stewards' Reckoning); 22 May - 21 June (by the older King's Reckoning) Pronunciation noa'rui ('ui' as in English 'ruin') Meaning Approximately '(Month) of the heat of the Sun'1 Other names Nárië; closely equivalent to Forelithe on the Shire Calendar, or Lithe on the calendar of Bree Indexes: Alphabetical: N Time and Calendars About this entry: Updated 13 April 2013 This entry is complete The sixth month of the year Months of the year The name used by the Dúnedain, taken from the Sindarin language, for the sixth of the year's twelve months. It fell between the fifth and seventh months, Lothron and Cerveth. The name 'Nórui' is related to the Quenya Nárië, used in most related calendars of Middle-earth. Both names seem to the refer to the Sun, as this month marked the coming of summer. Notes 1 The Sindarin nór- element (equivalent to Quenya nár-) literally means 'fire' or 'flame', but with an explicit connection to the Sun (which was known as Anor in Sindarin, or Anar in Quenya). So Nórui was the month of the heat of the Sun or, perhaps more naturally, the 'month of sunshine'. See also... Cerveth, Forelithe, King’s Reckoning, Nárië, New Reckoning, Stewards’ Reckoning Indexes: Alphabetical: N Time and Calendars About this entry: Updated 13 April 2013 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2013. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus is the complete personality profile package, with modules for job matching, relationships, teams and more.