Noldorin
lhoebelidh
proper name. Green-elves
Changes
Lhebenidh/Lhebelidh→ Lhoebenidh/Lhoebelidh ✧ Ety/LÁYAKCognates
- ᴹQ. Laiqendi “Green-elves” ✧ Ety/LÁYAK
Variations
- Lhebenidh/Lhebelidh ✧ EtyAC/LÁYAK (
Lhebenidh/Lhebelidh)
Noldorin equivalent of ᴹQ. Laiqendi “Green-elves” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of N. lhoeb “fresh” (cognate of ᴹQ. laiqa “green”) and the plural of N. Eledh “Elf” (Ety/LÁYAK). It also appeared in the variant form Lhoebenidh.
Conceptual Development: In an early form of this entry, it appeared as Lhebenidh or Lhebelidh (EtyAC/LÁYAK).