Eärnil

eärnil

Eärnil masc. name, contraction of Eärendil (Appendix A)

eärnil

masculine name. *Lover of the Sea

The name of the 13th and 32nd kings of Gondor (LotR/1038), it is essentially a shorter form of Eärendil, with the same elements (SA/(n)dil).

Elements

Word	Gloss
ëar	“sea, great sea, sea, great sea, [ᴹQ.] open sea; water”
-(n)dil	“-friend, -lover; devotion, disinterested love”

Variations

• eärnil ✧ PE17/152

-nil

-wine

-nil, final element in compounds, similar in meaning to Old English "-wine", sc. "-friend" as an element in names (NIL/NDIL). Also long -nildo (VT46:4). Variant of -ndil. In Eärnil, contraction of Earendil.

-dil

-wine

-dil, -ndil, ending that Tolkien likened to Old English "-wine", sc. "-friend" as part of names, e.g. Elendil, Eärendil (NIL/NDIL); see the entry -ndil. Also long -dildo (VT46:4), and possibly -(n)dilmë as the corresponding feminine form (see Vardilmë).