till

tine

_ n. _tine, spike, point. >> Celebdil

till

noun. point, spike, (sharp) horn, tine, ending

A word meaning “tine, spike, point” (PE17/36) or “spike, sharp horn” (RC/775) as an element in names like S. Celebdil “Silvertine”. In a discussion of the word niphredil, Tolkien said til or -il meant “point, ending” (PE17/55).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. till “horn” as the cognate of ᴹQ. tilde “point, horn” under the root ᴹ√TIL “point, horn” (Ety/TIL).

Celebdil

noun. silver tine

celeb (“silver”) + till (“horn, point”)

till

tine

till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, point, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild.

till

tine

(i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, point, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild.

calendil

place name. Green-tine

An earlier name for S. Egladil that appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s along with variant Calennil (TI/268), glossed “Green-tine” or “Green Spit” (TI/268, 288). It seems to be a combination of N. calen “green” and the lenited form of till “horn” also seen in its later name.