Gorthaur

Ilfiniol (later Ilfrin; both are I )

Khazad-dum

Mordor

Oliphaunt

Queen Berethil

Smaug

Undomiel

Walda

Aldarion

Cormare

All i could find so far was from LoTR (ill be updating if i find something), its from the part where Frodo meets Bilbo in Rivendell:

And over Middle-earth he passed
and heard at last the weeping sore
of women and of elven-maids
in Elder Days, in years of yore.
But on him mighty doom was laid,
till Moon should fade, an orbéd star
to pass, and tarry never more
on Hither Shores where mortals are;
for ever still a herald on
an errand that should never rest
to bear his shining lamp afar,
the Flammifer of Westernesse.

It seems to be talking about Earendil...perhaps the dwarves of yore were the dwarves that lived in the time of yore? Indeed, more research is requiered, unless someone (like Lord Lorien for example) knows the answer =).

Yet another quote, this time from the chapter Lothlorien, after the stream of Nimrodel (i think):

`Do you hear the voice of Nimrodel? ' asked Legolas. 'I will sing you a song of the maiden Nimrodel, who bore the same name as the stream beside which she lived long ago. It is a fair song in our woodland tongue; but this is how it runs in the Westron Speech, as some in Rivendell now sing it.' In a soft voice hardly to be heard amid the rustle of the leaves above them he began:

An Elven-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day:
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver-grey.

A star was bound upon her brows,
A light was on her hair
As sun upon the golden boughs
In Lórien the fair.

Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
And fair she was and free;
And in the wind she went as light
As leaf of linden-tree.

Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
By water clear and cool,
Her voice as falling silver fell
Into the shining pool.

Where now she wanders none can tell,
In sunlight or in shade;
For lost of yore was Nimrodel
And in the mountains strayed.

The elven-ship in haven grey
Beneath the mountain-lee
Awaited her for many a day
Beside the roaring sea.

A wind by night in Northern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the streaming tide.

When dawn came dim the land was lost,
The mountains sinking grey
Beyond the heaving waves that tossed
Their plumes of blinding spray.

Amroth beheld the fading shore
Now low beyond the swell,
And cursed the faithless ship that bore
Him far from Nimrodel.

Of old he was an Elven-king,
A lord of tree and glen,
When golden were the boughs in spring
In fair Lothlórien.

From helm to sea they saw him leap,
As arrow from the string,
And dive into the water deep,
As mew upon the wing.

The wind was in his flowing hair,
The foam about him shone;
Afar they saw him strong and fair
Go riding like a swan.

But from the West has come no word,
And on the Hither Shore
No tidings Elven-folk have heard
Of Amroth evermore.

Yet again from LoTR:

I: initially before another vowel has the consonantal sound of y in you, yore in Sindarin only: as in Ioreth, Iarwain. See Y.

This quote i found seems to prove some things:

Etymology: Middle English, from yore, adverb, long ago, from Old English gEara, from gEar year -- more at YEAR
: time past and especially long past -- usually used in the phrase of yore

The of yore we can also see in all the quotes we've had...


According to the last quote it would all make sense...
In the dwarves:  ...the dwarves of long ago...
In the Earendil quote: ...in the years long ago; in the Nimrodel: for old in age (or something close to that meaning).
And as its from Old English it would seem logical as Tolkien used it...

-- Edited by Olorin/Gandalf at 22:27, 2007-03-30

Finduilas of Dol Amroth

Hildor

Jewels of Feanor. Running out of J words over here ...
I know its said, but so was Jolly Cotton, twice now...

-- Edited by Olorin/Gandalf at 18:21, 2007-03-31

Leod

Numendil

Pippin

So "yore" isn't actually a name, but an ajective or adverb
Thanks a lot for your great explanation Olorin

Saradoc