adanedhel
masculine name. Elf-man
Elements
Word Gloss Adan “Man (as a species)” Edhel “Elf”
elladan
masculine name. Elf-man
Son of Elrond (LotR/227). This name is translated “Elf-man”, a combination of archaic Sindarin †Ell “elf” and Adan “man” (Let/281-2).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this character was first named N. Elboron (WR/297). Earlier still, the name Ilk. Elboron used as a name for a son of Dior (LR/147).
ellon
noun. Elf-man
Cognates
- Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ PE17/151
Elements
Word Gloss Ell “Elf” Variations
- ellon ✧ PE17/141; PE17/151; PE17/152
- elles ✧ PE17/152
ellon
elf-man
ellon (pl. ellyn),
ellon
elf-man
ellon (pl. ellyn) (WJ:363-64, 377).
A name given to Túrin in Nargothrond for his noble, Elf-like nature, translated “Elf-man” (S/210). It is a compound of Adan “man” and Edhel “Elf” (SA/adan, edhel).