Eldanor

elvenland

Eldanor place-name "Elvenland", regions of Valinor where the Elves dwelt and the stars could be seen (MR:176)

eldanor

place name. Elvenland

Another name of Eldamar that did not appear in the published version of The Silmarillion, but appeared in drafts from the 1950s (MR/176). This name is a compound of Elda “Elf” and nórë “land”.

Conceptual Development: This name also appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, where it was glossed “Elfland” (LR/223).

Elements

Word	Gloss
Elda	“Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”
nórë	“land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family”

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