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Elda was a Quenya adjective meaning "of the stars"[1] which came to mean the noun Eldo, "one of the people of the Stars", later merged and became Elda (pl. Eldar, p.pl Eldali.[2])

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[edit] Etymology

Common Eldarin eldâ, an adjectival formation meaning "connected or concerned with the stars" itself coming from an earlier Primitive Quendian eledâ[3][4] from root ELED.[5]

[edit] Other forms

  • poss. sg. eldava "Elf's"[6]
  • gen. pl. eldaron "of Elves"[7]
  • dative pl. eldain "for Elves"[8]
  • poss. pl. Eldaiva, Eldaive "Elves'"[9]

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[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p. 362
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 8
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958)
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies"
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p. 360
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p. 407
  7. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p. 368
  8. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Fíriel's Song, p. 72
  9. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p. 368
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