Eldamo : Middle Quenya : Elendil

ᴹQ. Elendil m. “Elf-friend”

ᴹQ. Elendil, m. “Elf-friend”

See Q. Elendil for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NIL; LR/29, 31, 48; LRI; RS/197, 215; RSI/Elendil, Orendil; SD/403; SDI1/Elendil; SDI2/Elendil, Nimruzân, Nimruzîr; TII; WRI

Glosses

“Elf-friend” ✧ LR/29; LR/48; RS/215; RSI/Elendil; SDI2/Elendil
“Ælfwine” ✧ Ety/NIL

Variations

Elendil ✧ Ety/NIL; LR/29; LR/31; LR/48; LRI/Elendil; RS/197; RS/215; RSI/Elendil; SDI1/Elendil; SDI2/Elendil; SDI2/Nimruzân; SDI2/Nimruzîr; TII/Elendil; WRI/Elendil
Orendil ✧ RS/197; RSI/Elendil; RSI/Orendil

Elériel “Ælfwine” seems to be a rejected variant of Elendil “Elf-friend”

Changes

Orendil >> Elendil; a transient replacement for ✧ RS/197

Inflections

Elendil

plural

“Elf-friend”

✧ SD/403

Element In

ᴹQ. #Elendilion “Descendant of Elendil”
ᴹQ. Elendilli “Elf-friends” ✧ SD/403; SD/403

Cognates

Ad. Nimruzîr “*Elf-friend” ✧ SDI2/Nimruzân (Nimruzân); SDI2/Nimruzîr

Derivations

< ᴹ✶Eled-nil ✧ Ety/NIL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶Eled-nil > Elendil

[elednil] > [elendil]

✧ Ety/NIL

ᴱQ. Eldairon m. “Ælfwine”

Qenya name for Ælfwine from the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/313). Most likely it also means “Elf-friend” since its initial element is clearly Elda “Elf”, but the etymology of the second element is unclear.

See Q. Elendil for further discussion.

References ✧ LT2/313; LT2I

Glosses

“Ælfwine” ✧ LT2/313; LT2I/Eldairon

G. Lúthien “Wanderer; Friend” was renamed to Eldairon “Ælfwine”

Elements

Elda	“Elf; beach-fay”
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