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'''''Edhel''''' (pl.''edhil'') is the [[Sindarin]] word for ''[[elf]]''. It was the most common word in Sindarin.
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'''''edhel''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðel]}}), plural '''''edhil''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðil]}}), is the [[Sindarin]] word for ''[[Elves|elf]]''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''edhel''</ref> But it was also an [[wikipedia:endonym|endonym]], the name with which the [[Sindar]] referred to their own people, being "the Elves",<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}</ref> in contrast to the [[High Elves]], the [[Dark Elves]] or the [[Laiquendi]].
 
It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.
==Etymology==
[[OS]] *''edelo'' from [[root]] É-[[DEL]]


==Examples==
==Examples==
* [[Ost-in-Edhil]]
* ''[[Adanedhel]]''
* [[Edhellond]]
* ''[[Aredhel]]''
* ''[[Glóredhel]]''
* ''[[Edhellond]]''
* ''[[Ost-in-Edhil]]''


==References==
==See also==
* ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', [[Quendi and Eldar]]
*''[[Egla]]'' (also Sindarin)
*''[[Elda]]'' ([[Quenya]])


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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Revision as of 11:00, 10 November 2013

edhel (pron. [ˈeðel]), plural edhil (pron. [ˈeðil]), is the Sindarin word for elf.[1] But it was also an endonym, the name with which the Sindar referred to their own people, being "the Elves",[2] in contrast to the High Elves, the Dark Elves or the Laiquendi.

It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.

Etymology

OS *edelo from root É-DEL

Examples

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", edhel
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar"

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar"