Quenya 

Elesser

elesser

Elesser masc. name, = Old English Ælfwine, Elf-friend. (SER)

Elessar

elf-stone

Elessar masc. name "Elf-stone" (Elen + sar, actually "Star-stone", cf. Elendil concerning elen "star" being used to mean "Elf") (LotR3:V ch. 8). Genitive Elesarno _(VT49:28, read _Elessarno?) indicates that the stem is -sarn-. As a common noun, elessar or "elf-stone" may signify "beryl" (in the chapter Flight to the Ford in the LotR, Aragorn finds "a single pale-green jewel" and declares: "It is a beryl, an elf-stone"). Elessar as a name may also be seen as a pun or variant of Elesser "Elf-friend".

eldandil

masculine name. Elf-friend

A term meaning “Elf-friend”, but implying an interest in them as a subject of lore (WJ/412). This name is a compound of Elda “Elf” and the suffix -(n)dil “-friend”.

Elements

WordGloss
Elda“Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”
-(n)dil“-friend, -lover; devotion, disinterested love”
Quenya [WJ/410; WJ/412; WJI/Eldandil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

quendil

masculine name. Elf-friend

A term translated as “Elf-friend” (WJ/410), but more accurately describing those concerned with the lore of Elven-kind (WJ/412). This name is a compound Quendë “Elf” and the suffix -(n)dil “friend”. It also appear in the longer form Quendendil.

Elements

WordGloss
Quendë“Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks”
-(n)dil“-friend, -lover; devotion, disinterested love”

Variations

  • Quen(den)dil ✧ WJ/410
  • Quendendil ✧ WJI/Quendil
Quenya [WJ/410; WJ/412; WJI/Quendil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

edhelharn

elf-stone

(a term for beryl) edhelharn (pl. edhelhern) (SD:128-31).

edhelharn

elf-stone

(a term for beryl) edhelharn (pl. edhelhern) (SD:128-31). SEEING STONE (palantír) *gwachaedir (i **wachaedir), no distinct pl. form except with prefixed article (in gwachaedir), coll. pl. ?gwachaediriath or ?gwachadirnath (the latter form assuming that -dir is reduced from older -dirn) The form occurring in the primary source, gwahaedir, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciation with h for ch** (PM:186).

Adûnaic

nimruzîr

noun. Elf-friend

A noun meaning “Elf-friend”, attested only in the (subjective) plural form Nimruzîrim (PM/151). It is identical to the Adûnaic name Nimruzîr of Q. Elendil, which had the same meaning.

Conceptual Development: An earlier name for the faithful Númenóreans was Avaltiri (SD/347).

Cognates

  • Q. Elendili “Elf-friends” ✧ PM/151

Elements

WordGloss
Nimir“Elf, (lit.) Shining One”
zîr-“*to love, desire”
Adûnaic [PM/151; PMI/Nimruzîrim] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

elesser

masculine name. Elf-friend

A variant of Elendil appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/SER), perhaps a compound of the root ᴹ√ELED “star-folk, Elf” and the suffix -ser “friend”, as indicated by the archaic form †Eleðser.

Variations

  • Eleðser ✧ Ety/SER (Eleðser)

elendil

masculine name. Elf-friend

Changes

  • Orendil → Elendil ✧ RS/197

Cognates

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

Derivations

Element in

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶Eled-nil > Elendil[elednil] > [elendil]✧ Ety/NIL

Variations

  • Orendil ✧ RS/197; RSI/Elendil; RSI/Orendil
Qenya [Ety/NIL; LR/029; LR/031; LR/048; LRI/Elendil; RS/197; RS/215; RSI/Elendil; RSI/Orendil; SD/403; SDI1/Elendil; SDI2/Elendil; SDI2/Nimruzân; SDI2/Nimruzîr; TII/Elendil; WRI/Elendil] Group: Eldamo. Published by