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In Eldamar, the Noldor and Vanyar spoke two slightly different though mutually intelligible dialects of Tarquesta: Noldorin Quenya and Vanyarin Quenya. [T 15] Later Noldorin Quenya became Exilic Quenya, when most of the Noldor Elves followed their leader Fëanor into exile from Eldamar and back to Middle-earth, where the immortal Elves first awoke.
"Noldor" or "Ñoldor" means those who have great knowledge and understanding. The Noldor are called Golodhrim or Gódhellim in Sindarin, and Goldui by another kindred of Elves, the Teleri of Tol Eressëa. The singular form of the Quenya noun is Noldo and the adjective is Noldorin, which is also the name of their dialect of Quenya. [T 1]
The highest Elves who went to Aman and saw the light of the Two Trees of Valinor spoke a single ancient language, Quenya. Those Noldor who returned from Aman to Beleriand instead adopted Sindarin, a Telerin language. The lowest Elves, the Avari, fragmented into many kindreds with different languages. [T 1] [5]
The 'new' Noldorin is just the Noldor's not very distinct dialect of Quenya. The Etymologies is Tolkien's etymological dictionary of the Elvish languages, contemporaneous with the Lhammas . It is a list of roots of the Proto-Elvish language, from which he built his many Elvish languages, especially Quenya , Noldorin and Ilkorin.
Quenya the language of the Ñoldor and the Vanyar Common Telerin the early language of all the Lindar Quendya also Vanyarin Quenya, daily tongue of the Vanyar Exilic Quenya also Ñoldorin Quenya, colloquial speech of the Noldor Telerin the language of the Teleri who reached the Undying Lands; a dialect of Quenya Sindarin language of the Sindar ...
With the exception of Doriathrin, Sindarin adopted some Quenya features after the return of the Noldor, as well as unique sound changes devised by the Noldor (who loved changing languages): [T 16] "It was the Noldor who in fact stabilized and made improvements to the 'Common Sindarin' of the days of the Wars, and it was based on West Sindarin.
Narsil (Quenya: roughly, Red and White Flame [T 39]) is a sword in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, [T 40] [T 41] [T 42] influenced by the legendary Arthurian sword Excalibur [22] and by Sigurd's sword Gram, as described in the Old Norse Völsunga saga. [23]
Valinor (Quenya: Land of the Valar) or the Blessed Realm is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the home of the immortal Valar on the continent of Aman, far to the west of Middle-earth; he used the name Aman mainly to mean Valinor.