Noldorin 

bredhil

feminine name. Varda

A Noldorin name for Varda appearing in the earliest Silmarillion drafts from the late 1920s, replacing older G. Bridhil (SM/43). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of ON. Bradil (Ety/BARÁD), but these names were rejected and possibly replaced by N. Berethil or N. Elbereth (Ety/BARATH).

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Varda “Lofty, Sublime” ✧ Ety/BARÁD

Derivations

  • On. Bradil “Varda” ✧ Ety/BARÁD
    • ᴹ✶b’radil- ✧ Ety/BARÁD
    • ᴹ√BARAD “*lofty, noble” ✧ Ety/BARÁD
      • ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BAR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. Bradil > Breðil[bradil] > [braðil] > [breðil]✧ Ety/BARÁD

Variations

  • Breðil ✧ Ety/BARÁD (Breðil)
  • -breðil ✧ Ety/TIN
Noldorin [Ety/BARÁD; Ety/TIN; SMI/Bridhil] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gilbrennil

feminine name. Varda

A name for Varda appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GIL), a combination of geil “star” and brennil “lady”. This name was probably replaced by Elbereth.

Elements

WordGloss
geil“star”
brennil“lady”