Sindarin 

Elros

noun. star foam, spray

êl (“star”) + ros (“foam, spray”) In PM:369, the last element is said to be rôs from the Bëorian tongue.

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elros

masculine name. Star-foam

Brother of Elrond who chose life as a mortal Man and became the first king of Númenor (LotR/1034-5). His name is translated “Star-foam” (Let/448, PM/349), a combination of êl “star” and ross “foam” (SA/ros, PM/368-9).

Conceptual Development: The name N. Elros first appeared in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/155 note #9, LR/216) and was mentioned in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (WR/158). In a few places Tolkien considered alternate etymologies for this name: in a letter to Rhona Beare from 1958, he suggested the initial element might be archaic †Ell “Elf” (Let/281), and in an essay on “The Problem of Ros” from 1968, he considered but ultimately rejected the possibility that the final element was a Bëorian word rôs “foam”, instead of Sindarin. Both of these seem to have been transient ideas.

Cognates

  • Ad. Indilzar ✧ PMI/Indilzar; SDI2/Indilzar
  • Ed. Elroth “Star-foam” ✧ PM/369
  • Q. Elerossë “Star Foam” ✧ PM/349; PMI/Elros
  • Ad. Gimilzôr “Star-?foam” ✧ SDI2/Gimilzôr

Elements

WordGloss
êl“star”
ross“rain; spindrift, spray, foam, rain; spray, spindrift, foam”
Sindarin [Let/281; Let/282; Let/448; LotRI/Elros; PM/349; PM/368; PM/369; PM/371; PMI/Elros; PMI/Indilzar; SA/ros; SDI2/Elros; SDI2/Gimilzôr; SDI2/Indilzar; SI/Elros; UT/210; UTI/Elros; WJ/414; WJI/Elros] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Elros

Elros

Elros is a Sindarin name meaning "Elf of the spray", based on a tale from his early childhood when the Sons of Fëanor abducted the twins until Maedhros found them playing in a forest waterfall. Alternatively, his name could mean "star-foam". The Sindarin elements are el ("star") and ros ("foam"). Elros is the Sindarin form of Quenya Elerossë (pron. [ˌeleˈrosːe]).

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Noldorin 

elros

masculine name. Star-foam

Elements

WordGloss
el“star”
rhoss“rain”
Noldorin [LRI/Elros; RSI/Elros; SMI/Elros; WRI/Elros] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Edain

elroth

masculine name. Star-foam

Cognates

  • S. Elros “Star-foam” ✧ PM/369
Edain [PM/369; PMI/Elros] Group: Eldamo. Published by