eldamar

place name. Elvenhome

The home of the Elves within Valinor (S/59). This name is a compound of Elda “Elf” and már “home”. As noted by Tolkien, it must have been a late compound, otherwise the more primitive form ✶-mbar of the second element would have been preserved as ✱✱Eldambar (PE17/106).

Conceptual Development: This name dates back all the way to the earliest Lost Tales, where it had essentially the same form, meaning and etymology (LT1/19, LTA1/Eldamar).

Elements

Word	Gloss
Elda	“Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”
már	“home, dwelling, habitation, home, dwelling, habitation; [ᴹQ.] house; earth”

Variations

• Eldambar ✧ PE17/106 (Eldambar); PE17/164 (Eldambar)

elendë

place name. Elfland

Another name for Eldamar (S/61).

Conceptual Development: This name was glossed “Elfland” in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/223) and “Elvenhome” in The Etymologies (Ety/ELED), where it was derived from the same root ᴹ√ÉLED as ᴹQ. Elda “Elf”. The later meaning and etymology of this name are uncertain, but it is probably similar to that of The Etymologies. Its final element -ndë might also appear in the name Ingolondë “Country of the Noldor”.

Variations

• Elendé ✧ SI/Elendë

eglamar

eglamar

eglamar

noun. Elf-home

egla- (from PQ hekla “elf, Falathrim”) + (m-)bar (“land, dwelling”) It is said to be an old name, which is reflected by its formation, with the genitival element preceding: ekla-mbar; #the fact that the first part of the compound is egla-, not eglan- probably explains the mutation of mb- to m, in contrast to Eglador.

eglamar

place name. Home of the Eglain

A name for region of Beleriand where the people of Círdan dwelled (WJ/379). This name is effectively a combination of the prefixal form Egla- of Eglan “Forsaken (Elf)” and bâr “home”, derived from ancient ✶(h)ekla-mbar (WJ/365).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the name G. Eglamar “Elfinesse, Elfhome” appeared (among other variations) as the Gnomish equivalent of ᴱQ. Eldamar, home of the Elves in Valinor (GL/32). This name also appeared with this meaning in drafts of the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/157, 181). A number of variations of this name appeared in early name lists, including G. Eglavain (LTI2/320) and ᴱN. Uidhelian (PE13/155) >> Idhelian (PE15/61), but these variations did not appear in later writings.

After Tolkien revised the phonology of the Noldorin language in The Etymologies from the 1930s, this name became Ilk. Eglamar “Elvenhome” containing the Ilkorin word for “Elf”: Ilk. Egla (Ety/ELED). However, the name did not appear in the narratives of that period. After Tolkien abandoned the Ilkorin language, the name reappeared in his Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60, with the revised meaning given above (WJ/379).

Cognates

• Q. Hecelmar “*Home of the Hecel” ✧ WJ/365

Derivations

• ✶hekla-mbar “Eglamar” ✧ WJ/365

Elements

Word	Gloss
Eglan	“Forsaken (Elf)”
bâr	“house, dwelling, home, house, dwelling, home; [N.] earth”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ekla-mbar > Eglamar	[ɣeklambar] > [eklambar] > [eglambar] > [eglammar] > [eglamar]	✧ WJ/365

Variations

• eglamar ✧ PE17/141
• Elga-mar ✧ WJ/370

hekla-mbar

place name. Eglamar

Derivatives

• S. Eglamar “Home of the Eglain” ✧ WJ/365

Variations

• ekla-mbar ✧ WJ/365