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Edegil ('Seven Stars') was a Sindarin name for Valacirca (or the Great Bear), one of the Constellations.^[1]

The elements of the name are odog 'seven' and gil 'star'.

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-'[[Seven Stars]]', an [[Elvish]] ([[Noldorin]]) name of [[Valacirca]] (or the [[Great Bear]]), one of the [[constellations]].
+'''Edegil''' ('[[Seven Stars]]') was a [[Sindarin]] name for [[Valacirca]] (or the Great Bear), one of the [[Constellations]].<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]] where it is given as [[Noldorin]]</ref>
+==Etymology==
-This name-form appears in the [[Etymologies]] s.v. OT- (OTOS, OTOK) ''seven'' (LR 379) as a ''Noldorin'' translation of the name [[Otselen]] (q. v.) but it is not used in any of the stories referring to the constellation.
+The elements of the name are ''[[odog]]'' 'seven' and ''[[gil]]'' 'star'.
+{{references}}
-The elements of the name are ''odog'' 'seven' and ''gil'' 'star'.
+[[Category:Constellations]]
+[[Category:Sindarin names]]
-'''Abbreviations:'''
-LR = [[The Lost Road and other Writings]] (The History of Middle-earth, vol. 5).
---Tik 12:08, 12 Jun 2005 (EDT)
-[[Category:Stars|Edegil]]