S. Nauglamír pn. “Necklace of the Dwarves”
The Necklace of the Dwarves holding a Silmaril (S/114), a combination of [N.] naugol “Dwarf” and mîr “jewel” (SA/mîr), the middle a perhaps being the archaic genitive suffix -a.
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name was G. Nauglafring (LT2/221), a form that was retained in the early Silmarillion drafts (SM/33, SM/134), but was replaced with Ilk. Nauglamír later in the 1930s (SM/313, LR/141). In The Etymologies, this name was designated Doriathrin [Ilkorin], with its initial element being the genitive of Dor. naugol “dwarf” (Ety/NAUK, MIR). This form was not updated in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, but no longer fit the phonology of later Sindarin (the expected form would be Nauglavir). Either it was dialectical or (more likely) Tolkien never got around to revising it.
References ✧ S/114; SA/mîr; SI/Nauglamír, Necklace of the Dwarves
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| N. naugol | “Dwarf (diminutive)” | |
| †-a | “[old] genitive suffix” | |
| mîr | “jewel, precious thing, treasure” | ✧ SA/mîr |
Ilk. Nauglamír pn. “Necklace of the Dwarves”
References ✧ Ety/MIR, NAUK; LR/141; LRI; SM/135, 155, 313; SMI; WJI/Nauglamîr
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| naugol | “Dwarf” | genitive | ✧ Ety/NAUK (Naugla) |
| *mîr | “jewel” | ||
| ᴹ√MIR | “*precious” | ✧ Ety/MIR | |
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ᴱN. Nauglafring pn. “Necklace of the Dwarves”
References ✧ SM/31, 33, 134-135, 155, 306, 313; SMI/Nauglafring, Nauglamír
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G. Nauglafring pn. “Necklace of the Dwarves”
References ✧ GL/59; LT2/221; LT2A/Nauglafring; LT2I; PE15/15
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| naugla | “of or belonging to the dwarves” | ✧ GL/59; PE15/15 |
| fring | “necklace, carcanet” | ✧ LT2A/Nauglafring; PE15/15 |
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