N. Berethil f.
A Noldorin name for Varda appearing on in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/BARATH), possibly replacing older N. Bredhil and G. Bridhil and possibly replaced by N. Elbereth. It developed from ON. Barathi(l).
Reference ✧ Ety/BARATH
Elements
| bereth¹ | “queen” |
| -(r)il | “feminine agent” |
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| ON. Barathi(l) > Berethil | [baraθil] > [bereθil] | ✧ Ety/BARATH |
N. Bredhil f.
A Noldorin name for Varda appearing in the earliest Silmarillion drafts from the late 1920s, replacing older G. Bridhil (SM/43). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of ON. Bradil (Ety/BARÁD), but these names were rejected and possibly replaced by N. Berethil or N. Elbereth (Ety/BARATH).
See S. Elbereth for further discussion.
References ✧ Ety/BARÁD, TIN; SMI/Bridhil
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| ON. Bradil > Breðil | [bradil] > [braðil] > [breðil] | ✧ Ety/BARÁD |
ᴱN. Bredhil f.
References ✧ LB/135; LBI/Bridhil; PE13/139
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G. Bridhil f. “*Queen”
References ✧ GL/18, 24, 56, 71; LT1A/Tinwetári, Varda; PE14/14; SMI
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