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elwenil(do)
masculine name. Littleheart
Changes
Elwenildo→ Ilverin “Littleheart” ✧ LT1A/IlverinElwenildo→ Ilverin “Littleheart” ✧ LT1I/IlverinElbenil→ Elwenil ✧ LT2/202Elbenil→ Elwenil “Littleheart” ✧ LT2I/ElbenilElbenil→ Elwenil ✧ LT2I/ElwenilElwenildo→ Ilverin “Littleheart” ✧ LT2I/ElwenildoElwenildo→ Ilverin “Littleheart” ✧ LT2I/IlverinElbenil→ Elwenil ✧ PE15/29Cognates
- G.
Elfrin(iol)“Littleheart” ✧ GL/32- G. Elfrith “Littleheart” ✧ LT2/202
Variations
Elwenildon✧ GL/32 (Elwenildon)Elwenildo✧ LT1A/Ilverin (Elwenildo); LT1I/Ilverin (Elwenildo); LT2I/Elwenildo (Elwenildo); LT2I/Ilverin (Elwenildo)Elbenil✧ LT2/202 (Elbenil); LT2I/Elbenil (Elbenil); LT2I/Elwenil (Elbenil); PE15/29 (Elbenil)Elwenil✧ LT2/202; LT2I/Elbenil; LT2I/Elwenil; PE15/29
ilverin
masculine name. Littleheart
Qenya name of the “Gong Warden” of Cottage of the Lost Play (LT1/52), a character that does not appear in Tolkien’s later writings.
Conceptual Development: The name first appeared as ᴱQ. Elwenil(do), a diminutive form of ᴱQ. elwen “heart” (LT1A/Ilverin, LT2/202), a word appearing in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/35, 52). Tolkien apparently revised its etymology, but the revised form of its initial element does not appear, though its Gnomish equivalent does: G. ilf (GL/50).
Cognates
Variations
- Ilwerin ✧ GL/50; LT1A/Ilverin
Earlier (and ultimately rejected) name for ᴱQ. Ilverin, also appearing as Elbenil (LT2/202). Its initial element is elwen “heart”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ilverin).