Precursor to S. Elbereth from the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, a combination of tim “star” and Bridhil “queen” (GL/24, 70). In this period, only its Qenya equivalent ᴱQ. Tinwetári was used in the narratives. The name did appear in the earliest Silmarillion drafts of the late 1920s (SM/82), and a variant of this name, N. Timbredhil, appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/TIN), but starting with the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien consistently used Elbereth instead.
Gnomish
el
conjunction. or
el(u)m
interjection. think of that!
thel
noun. [unglossed]
thelg
noun. [unglossed]
cwenn
noun. Elf
ilon
noun. sky
timbridhil
feminine name. Queen of Stars
gatha
?. [unglossed]
@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant
luithon
noun. sky
A word for “sky” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. lui “blueness” (GL/55).
dai
noun. sky
aust
noun. summer
clidhron
noun. [unglossed]
climbol
noun. [unglossed]
er
adjective. one
gailbridh(n)ir
feminine name. Queen of Stars
ost
noun. summer
rô
noun. [unglossed]
tinthurwin
feminine name. Queen of Stars
beb
adverb. [unglossed]
brid-
verb. [unglossed]
dôn
?. [unglossed]
fî
noun. [unglossed]
gail
noun. star
pad
noun. [unglossed]
praust
noun. [unglossed]
prog
noun. [unglossed]
rab-
verb. [unglossed]
safwen
noun. summer
sind
noun. [unglossed]
sint
noun. spark
sinthi
pronoun. [unglossed]
thail
noun. [unglossed]
thil
noun. [unglossed]
thion
noun. [unglossed]
thrim
?. [unglossed]
thug
noun. [unglossed]
thû-
verb. [unglossed]
trum
?. [unglossed]
tûn
noun. [unglossed]
ulthanc
noun. [unglossed]
umeg
?. [unglossed]
’ôs
noun. [unglossed]
A word for “sky” in an early name list from the 1910s and appearing in a couple early names: G. Thlim Quing Ilon “✱Folk of the Heavenly Arc” and G. Cris o Teld Quing Ilon “Gully of the Rainbow Roof” (PE13/101, 104), the latter revised to G. Cris Ilbranteloth (LT2/202). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, however, G. Ilon was the name of Ilúvatar (GL/50).