feminine name.Nightingale, (lit.) Daughter of Twilight
eithel nínui
place name.Fountain of Tinúviel
From a passage inadvertently omitted from the published version of The Silmarillion (LR/301), this name is a combination of eithel “fountain” and nínui, apparently an adjective meaning “✱tearful”.
From a passage inadvertently omitted from the published version of The Silmarillion (LR/301), this name is a combination of eithel “fountain” and nínui, apparently an adjective meaning “✱tearful”.