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'''Enerdhil''' was a legendary, and quite possibly mythical, smith of [[Gondolin]]. According to one account, it was Enerdhil who made the original [[Elessar of Eärendil|Elessar]], an astonishing green gem through which marred and broken things could be seen as though whole and healed again. This Elessar was given as a gift to [[Idril|Idril Celebrindal]], and given by her to her son [[Eärendil]], who bore it on his voyages across the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].<ref name="Elessar">{{UT| | '''Enerdhil''' was a legendary, and quite possibly mythical, smith of [[Gondolin]]. According to one account, it was Enerdhil who made the original [[Elessar of Eärendil|Elessar]], an astonishing green gem through which marred and broken things could be seen as though whole and healed again. This Elessar was given as a gift to [[Idril|Idril Celebrindal]], and given by her to her son [[Eärendil]], who bore it on his voyages across the [[Belegaer|Great Sea]].<ref name="Elessar">{{UT|Elessar}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
[[David Salo]] suggests that the name is a loan from [[Quenya]] ''[[Anardil]]'' meaning "sun-friend". | |||
The [[Sindarin]] form of the name displays what he calls "hyper-[[Sindarization]]", with [[i-affection]] before the ending ''[[-ndil]]'' whereas it shouldn't occur in "proper" Sindarin.<ref>{{HM|GS}}, p.87</ref> | |||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | ==Other versions of the legendarium== | ||
More recent accounts name [[Celebrimbor]] as the maker of the two Elessars, both Eärendil's and [[Aragorn]]'s.<ref name="Elessar"/> | More recent accounts name [[Celebrimbor]] as the maker of the two Elessars, both Eärendil's and [[Aragorn]]'s.<ref name="Elessar"/> | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 15 January 2014
Enerdhil was a legendary, and quite possibly mythical, smith of Gondolin. According to one account, it was Enerdhil who made the original Elessar, an astonishing green gem through which marred and broken things could be seen as though whole and healed again. This Elessar was given as a gift to Idril Celebrindal, and given by her to her son Eärendil, who bore it on his voyages across the Great Sea.[1]
Etymology
David Salo suggests that the name is a loan from Quenya Anardil meaning "sun-friend".
The Sindarin form of the name displays what he calls "hyper-Sindarization", with i-affection before the ending -ndil whereas it shouldn't occur in "proper" Sindarin.[2]
Other versions of the legendarium
More recent accounts name Celebrimbor as the maker of the two Elessars, both Eärendil's and Aragorn's.[1]
The fact that there are two possible Elessars, makes Enerdhil fit into the mythos, as the first one could had been made by him, and the second by Celebrimbor. But not even this have been resolved clearly.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "The Elessar"
- ↑ David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p.87
