A name for Varda appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GIL), a combination of geil “star” and brennil “lady”. This name was probably replaced by Elbereth.
Noldorin
bredhil
feminine name. Varda
gilbrennil
feminine name. Varda
Primitive elvish
baradā
adjective. Varda
Sindarin
elbereth
varda
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Old Noldorin
bradil
feminine name. Varda
Middle Primitive Elvish
b’radil-
feminine name. b’radil-
Early Quenya
súlimi
feminine name. Varda
A name of Varda, feminine equivalent of Súlimo appearing in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (QL/86; PME/86).
varda
feminine name. Varda
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).