A word appearing as ᴱQ. Elben “heart” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin of the 1910s (LT2/202; PE15/23), but as ᴱQ. Elwen “heart” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√LEFE (QL/35, 52). These words were connected to the character G. Elfrith who vanished from later versions of the legendarium.
Early Quenya
mekte-
verb. to aim at
mekte
noun. heart; centre
elben
noun. heart
elwen
noun. heart
hon
noun. heart
honde
noun. heart
hondo
noun. heart
londa
noun. heart
A noun for “heart; centre” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MEKE (QL/60).