Quende#

noun. Elf

Elf

quendë

elf

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

glinnel

noun. Elf, one of the Teleri

glinnel

proper name. *Singer-elf

An archaic Sindarin term for the Telerin people, equivalent to Q. Linda and used only in lore (WJ/378). It is a combination of a modified form of lind “song” and †Ell “Elf”.

Cognates

• Q. Linda “Singer” ✧ WJI/Glinnel; WJ/378

Derivations

• ✶lindā “*sweet sounding” ✧ WJ/378

Elements

Word	Gloss
lind	“song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”
Ell	“Elf”

miniel

noun. an Elf, one of the Vanyar

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)

tawarwaith

noun. Silvan elves

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

dúnedhel

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

egladhrim

noun. "The Forsaken", Elves of the Falathrim

galadhrim

noun. Elves of Lothlórien

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

mornedhel

noun. Dark-Elf

gódhellim

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

laegeldrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

Teler

noun. an Elf, one of the Teleri

calben

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

calben

noun. all Elves but the Avari

eglath

noun. "The Forsaken", Elves of the Falathrim

elleth

noun. elf-maid

golodh

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

ódhel

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

lachend

noun. Deep Elf (Sindarin name for the Ñoldor)

laegrim

noun. the people of the Green Elves

elvellon

noun. elf-friend

telerrim

noun. the Teleri, a tribe of Elves

edhelharn

noun. elf-stone

ódhellim

noun. Deep Elves or Gnomes, the Wise Folk

iathrim

noun. Elves of Doriath

glinnel

rear

(i ’linnel), pl. *glinnil*** (in glinnil), coll. pl. glinnellath**.

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.

teler

teler

(i Deler), pl. Telir (i Thelir) or coll. pl. Tellerrim (PM:385). See

linda

noun. Teler

Cognates

• Nan. Lindi “Nandor” ✧ WJI/Lindar
• Q. Linda “Singer” ✧ WJ/382; WJI/Lindar

Derivations

• ✶lindā “*sweet sounding” ✧ WJ/382

Element in

• T. Lindalambë “Telerin (Language)”
• T. Lindárin “Telerin (Language)”

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.

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."

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.

edhel

noun. Elf

golodhrim

noun. Deep Elves, Gnomes

golodh

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