N. Gelion² m. “Merry Singer”
A sobriquet of Tinfang appearing in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/174) and Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s (SM/115). The name reappeared in The Etymologies from mid-1930s with the gloss “Merry Singer”, but the character did not appear in the Silmarillion drafts from the same period.
References ✧ Ety/GYEL; SM/115
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gell | “joy, triumph, (?victory)” | ✧ Ety/GYEL |