S. athelas n. “kingsfoil, a healing herb” (Category: Medicine, Drug)
The Sindarin name of the “kingsfoil” (LotR/864), a combination athae and lass, hence literally “*healing leaf”.
Conceptual Development: ᴱN. athelas appeared in the margins of The Lay of Leithian from the 1920s next to the phrase “of all the herbs of healing chief” (LB/269), and it already had the form N. athelas when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (RS/190).
References ✧ LBI; LotR/864; LotRI/Asëa aranion, Athelas, Kingsfoil; PE17/16, 49, 100, 148; PE22/166
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| athae | “*healing herb, healing” | ✧ PE17/49; PE17/148 | |
| las(s) | “leaf” | ✧ PE17/49 (lass); PE22/166 (las) | |
| Q. asëa | “healing herb, athelas” | ✧ PE22/166 (†athe-a) | |
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N. athelas n. “a healing plant” (Category: to Cure, Heal)
References ✧ RS/190; RSI/Athelas; TII/Athelas; WR/394; WRI
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