Quende#

noun. Elf

Elf

quendë

elf

quendë noun "Elf", the little-used analogical sg. of Quendi, q.v. (KWEN(ED), WJ:361)

galadrim

noun. 'Tree-people'

pl2. n. 'Tree-people'. Sylvan word, true S. Galadhrim. >> Galadhrim

galadhrim

noun. Elves of Lothlórien

galadhrim

noun. 'Tree-people'

pl2. n. 'Tree-people'. True S. form of Galadrim. >> Galadrim

galadhrim

collective name. Tree-people

A name for the Elves of Lórien translated “Tree-people” (LotR/341). This name is a combination galadh “tree” and the class-plural suffix -rim often used in the names of peoples (Let/426, PE17/50).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s and in the 1st edition of Lord of the Rings, this name appeared as N. Galadrim as part of Tolkien’s general trend to simplify dh [ð] to d (TI/239, RC/305). In the 2nd edition he restored the proper Sindarin form Galadhrim, deciding that Galadrim was the Nandorin form (PE17/50).

Changes

• Galadrim → Galadhrim ✧ RC/305

Cognates

• Nan. Galadrim “Tree-people” ✧ PE17/050

Elements

Word	Gloss
galadh	“tree”
-rim	“collective or group plural”

Variations

• galadhrim ✧ PE17/050
• Galadrim ✧ RC/305

egladhrim

noun. "The Forsaken", Elves of the Falathrim

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

laegeldrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

laegrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

iathrim

noun. Elves of Doriath

telerrim

noun. the Teleri, a tribe of Elves

gódhellim

noun. "Deep Elves" or "Gnomes", the Wise Folk

tawarwaith

noun. Silvan elves

eglath

noun. "The Forsaken", Elves of the Falathrim

golodh

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

glinnel

noun. Elf, one of the Teleri

lachend

noun. Deep Elf (Sindarin name for the Ñoldor)

ódhellim

noun. Deep Elves or Gnomes, the Wise Folk

elvellon

noun. elf-friend

calben

noun. all Elves but the Avari

Teler

noun. an Elf, one of the Teleri

calben

noun. Elf of the Great Journey (lit. "light person")

laegel

noun. a Green Elf

gódhel

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

lachenn

noun. Deep Elf (Sindarin name for the Ñoldor)

elleth

noun. elf-maid

mornedhel

noun. Dark-Elf

miniel

noun. an Elf, one of the Vanyar

edhelharn

noun. elf-stone

edhel

noun. Elf

edhel

noun. Elf

_ n. _Elf, a general name for all the Elves (since the name Quendi had gone out of use in Sindarin). Probably related to or connected with Q. Elda. >> edhellen

edhel

Elf

pl1. edhil, pl2. edhellim {ð} _n. _Elf. A name used by the Sindar for themselves, characterizing other varieties by an adjective or prefix. >> Aredhel, Thinnedhel

edhel

Elf

{ð} _n. _Elf.

edhel

Elf

d _ n. _Elf. Q. elda.

ell

noun. elf

n. elf, esp. [?in ?the ?South]. Noldorin form.

ellon

noun. elf

ódhel

noun. Deep Elf or Gnome, one of the Wise Folk

dúnedhel

noun. Elf of the West, Elf of Beleriand (including Noldor and Sindar)

edhel

elf

edhel (pl. edhil). Coll. pl. Edhelrim (or Edhellim) (UT:318). Also †eledh, pl. elidh, coll. pl. eledhrim (Letters:281), also elen, pl. elin, also with coll. pl. eledhrim (elen + rim with the regular change nr > dhr). _(WJ:363, 377-78; _the shorter coll. pl. Eldrim > Elrim_ _may also occur). But since elin also means "stars", other terms for "Elf" may be preferred.

galadrim

collective name. Tree-people

Cognates

• S. Galadhrim “Tree-people” ✧ PE17/050

galadrim

noun. Elves of Lothlórien

Note: "The Galadrim were 'Tree-people' (though the formation is Sindarin, + S [rim] = Q rimbë, great number) = true Sindarin galadhrim."

cwenda

noun. elf

A doubtful word according to Tolkien's later conception; in the branch of Eldarin that Nandorin belongs to, primitive KW became P far back in Elvish linguistic history [WJ:375 cf. 407 note 5]. This was not a problem in Tolkien's earlier conception, in which the Danians came from the host of the Noldor, not the Teleri [see PM:76; the idea of the Nandor being of Noldorin origin also occurs in VT47:29]. In his later version of Nandorin, the word cwenda is probably best ignored; simply emending it to *penda would produce a clash with primitive pendâ "sloping" [cf. WJ:375].

In the Etymologies, Tolkien derived cwenda from kwenedê "elf" (stem KWEN(ED) of similar meaning, LR:366; as for the shift of original final -ê to Nandorin -â, compare hrassa "precipice" from khrassê). But later the primitive word that yielded Quenya Quende was reconstructed as kwende (WJ:360).

No certain example shows how original short final -e comes out in Nandorin, so we cannot say whether kwende is also capable of yielding cwenda, ignoring the question of kw failing to become p.

Danas

noun. Green-elves, Nandor

In Etym derived from the stem DAN (LR:353), simply defined as an "element found in names of the Green-elves", and tentatively compared to NDAN "back" (since the Nandor "turned back" and did not complete the march to the Sea). Tolkien's later view on the derivation of the name of the Green-elves, as set down in WJ:412, is that the stem dan- and its strengthened form ndan- do indeed have a similar meaning: these forms have to do with "the reversal of an action, so as to undo or nullify its effect", and a primitive form ndandô, "one who goes back on his word or decision", is suggested. However, it seems unlikely that the Nandor would have called themselves by such a name, and indeed Tolkien in WJ:385 states that "this people still called themselves by the old clan-name Lindai [= Quenya Lindar], which had at that time taken the form Lindi in their tongue". It may be, then, that Tolkien had rejected the idea that the Nandor called themselves Danas. - As for the ending -as, it is probably to be compared to the Sindarin class plural ending -ath; indeed a Sindarin ("Noldorin") form Danath evidently closely corresponding to Danas is given in LR:353.

galadrim

collective name. Tree-folk

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Ornelie “Tree-folk” ✧ TI/239

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

golodh

noun. "Deep Elf" or "Gnome", one of the Wise Folk

edhel

noun. Elf