calben

noun. Elf of the Great Journey (lit. "light person")

calben

noun. all Elves but the Avari

calben

noun. a light person

cal (from PQ *kala- “light”) + pen (“someone, anyone”) Said to be “formally” related to Q Kalaquend.

calben

proper name. *Light One

Sindarin equivalent of Q. Calaquende, a translation of that name rather than an ancient word, otherwise it would have been ✱✱Calbend (WJ/362). It was also applied differently than the Quenya name, used for all Elves except the Avari, rather than only those Elves who had seen Valinor (WJ/376), and later expanded to include all “peoples in alliance in the War against Morgoth” (WJ/377), both Elves and Men. This name is a combination of shortened form of calad “light” and the suffixal form -ben of pen “one, somebody”, hence: “✱Light One”.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the equivalent of ᴹQ. Kalaqendi was Caleledh or Celion (EtyAC/KAL).

Cognates

• Q. Calaquendi “Elves of the Light, (lit.) Light Elves” ✧ WJI/Calben; WJ/361; WJ/376
• T. Calapendi “Light-elves” ✧ WJI/Kalaquendi

Elements

Word	Gloss
calad	“light, fire, brightness, shining, light, brightness, shining, fire”
pen	“one, somebody, anybody, one, somebody, anybody; [N.] Elf”

lachend

noun. Deep Elf (Sindarin name for the Ñoldor)

lachenn

noun. Deep Elf (Sindarin name for the Ñoldor)

elvellon

noun. elf-friend

ellon

noun. elf

laegel

noun. a Green Elf

glinnel

noun. Elf, one of the Teleri

laegrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

mornedhel

noun. Dark-Elf

edhelharn

noun. elf-stone

galadhrim

noun. Elves of Lothlórien

laegeldrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

edhel

Elf

d _ n. _Elf. Q. elda.

edhel

noun. Elf

edhel

Elf

{ð} _n. _Elf.

edhel

Elf

pl1. edhil, pl2. edhellim {ð} _n. _Elf. A name used by the Sindar for themselves, characterizing other varieties by an adjective or prefix. >> Aredhel, Thinnedhel

edhel

noun. Elf

_ n. _Elf, a general name for all the Elves (since the name Quendi had gone out of use in Sindarin). Probably related to or connected with Q. Elda. >> edhellen

ell

noun. elf

n. elf, esp. [?in ?the ?South]. Noldorin form.

tawarwaith

noun. Silvan elves

Teler

noun. an Elf, one of the Teleri

telerrim

noun. the Teleri, a tribe of Elves

eglath

noun. "The Forsaken", Elves of the Falathrim

elleth

noun. elf-maid

golodh

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

miniel

noun. an Elf, one of the Vanyar

ódhel

noun. Deep Elf or Gnome, one of the Wise Folk

gódhel

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

iathrim

noun. Elves of Doriath

egladhrim

noun. "The Forsaken", Elves of the Falathrim

dúnedhel

noun. Elf of the West, Elf of Beleriand (including Noldor and Sindar)

ódhellim

noun. Deep Elves or Gnomes, the Wise Folk

gódhellim

noun. "Deep Elves" or "Gnomes", the Wise Folk

calben

elda

(Elf of the Great Journey, as opposed to the Avari) calben (i galben, o chalben), pl. celbin (i chelbin). The general word for Elves, Elidh or Edhil, may be used in the sense of Quenya Eldar (which itself is often used in a generalized sense: any kind of Elves).

calben

Calben

Calben, 'a light person' derives from Old Sindarin *kalapende. It is composed from Sindarin words cal "light" and pen "someone, somebody".

calben

elf of the great journey

(Elda, as opposed to the Avari) calben (i galben, o chalben), pl. celbin (i chelbin).

edhel

elf

edhel (pl. edhil). Coll. pl. Edhelrim (or Edhellim) (UT:318). Also †eledh, pl. elidh, coll. pl. eledhrim (Letters:281), also elen, pl. elin, also with coll. pl. eledhrim (elen + rim with the regular change nr > dhr). _(WJ:363, 377-78; _the shorter coll. pl. Eldrim > Elrim_ _may also occur). But since elin also means "stars", other terms for "Elf" may be preferred.