prop. n.
Quenya
elerondo Reconstructed
masculine name. Elrond, (lit.) Star-dome
Cognates
- S. Elrond “Star-dome”
Element in
- Q. Elerondiel “*Daughter of Elrond”
- Q.
Elerondorel“*Daughter of Elrond”Elements
Word Gloss elen “star” rondo “vaulted or arched roof, vaulted hall, vaulted or arched roof, vaulted hall; [ᴹQ.] cavern, cave”
Probably the Quenya name of S. Elrond, attested only in the names Elerondiel and (rejected) Elerondorel for his daughter Arwen (PE17/56). These two names probably meant “✱Daughter of Elrond”. The name Elerondo was therefore probably a compound of elen “star” and rondo “vaulted roof”, a direct translation of S. Elrond. The final -n of elen was probably assimilated to the r, which also happened in the names Elerossë and Elerrína.