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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]].


Source: HoME XI, 363-364.
It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.
==Etymology==
[[OS]] *''edelo'' from [[root]] É-[[DEL]]


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
==Examples==
* ''[[Adanedhel]]''
* ''[[Aredhel]]''
* ''[[Edhellond]]''
* ''[[Glóredhel]]''
* ''[[Ost-in-Edhil]]''
*''[[Peredhel]]''
 
==See also==
*''[[Egla]]'' (also Sindarin)
*''[[Elda]]'' ([[Quenya]])
 
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Latest revision as of 09:13, 21 July 2020

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[edit | edit source]

OS *edelo from root É-DEL

Examples[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

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"