N. Elbereth f. “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star Queen”
References ✧ Ety/BARATH, EL; RS/68, 394; RSI; SDI1/Elbereth; TII; WRI
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el | “star” | ✧ Ety/EL |
bereth¹ | “queen” | ✧ Ety/BARATH; Ety/EL |
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N. Timbredhil f.
Reference ✧ Ety/TIN ✧ Timbreðil
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ᴹ√TIN | “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” | ✧ Ety/TIN |
Bredhil | ✧ Ety/TIN (-breðil) |
ᴱN. Timbridhil f. “Queen of Stars”
References ✧ LBI; SM/82; SMI/Tim-Bridhil
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G. Timbridhil f. “Queen of Stars”
Precursor to S. Elbereth from the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, a combination of tim “star” and Bridhil “queen” (GL/24, 70). In this period, only its Qenya equivalent ᴱQ. Tinwetári was used in the narratives. The name did appear in the earliest Silmarillion drafts of the late 1920s (SM/82), and a variant of this name, N. Timbredhil, appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/TIN), but starting with the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien consistently used Elbereth instead.
See S. Elbereth for further discussion.
References ✧ GL/18, 24, 71; LT1A/Tinwetári; PE14/14
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tim | “spark, gleam, (star)” | ✧ GL/70; LT1A/Tinwë Linto | |
Bridhil | “*Queen” | ✧ GL/24; GL/71; LT1A/Tinwetári | |
brindi | “(Queen) Princess” | ✧ GL/24 (Brindi) |
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