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S. elanor n. “pimpernel, small golden star-shaped flower, (lit.) sun-star” (Category: Flower (other))

S. elanor, n. “pimpernel, small golden star-shaped flower, (lit.) sun-star” (Category: Flower (other))

The name of a flower in Lórien translated “sun-star” also given as the name of the first daughter of Samwise (LotR/1026). It is a combination of el “star” and Anor “sun” (PE17/55). In notes for the tale of Aldarion and Erendis, Tolkien said it also grew in Númenor and “was a small golden star-shaped flower” (UT/216 note #20). In a letter to Amy Ronald from 1969, Tolkien described it as “a pimpernel (perhaps a little enlarged) growing sun-golden flowers and star-silver ones on the same plant, and sometimes the two combined” (Let/402). Thus it was either a golden star-shaped flower or a pimpernel-like plant growing both sun-coloured and star-coloured flowers.

References ✧ LBI; Let/248, 402; LotR/350, 1026; LotRI/Elanor; PE17/55, 111; PMI; UT/189, 216; UTI

Glosses

Elements

êl “star” ✧ PE17/55 (el)
Anor “Sun” ✧ PE17/55

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Cognates


N. elanor n. “sun-star” (Category: Flower (other))

References ✧ SDI1/elanor; TI/234; TII

Elements

el “star”
Anor “Sun”