A rejected variant of Elendil appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/ÑEL), perhaps a compound of the root ᴹ√ELED “star-folk, Elf” and the (rejected) suffix -el “friend”.
Noldorin
elethon
masculine name. Ælfwine
Elements
Word Gloss Eledh “Star-folk, Elf” thond “friend”
A rejected Noldorin name for Ælfwine (“Elf-friend”) appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (EtyAC/SON), a combination of Eledh “Elf” and the suffixal form of (rejected) thond “friend”.