Vardilmë
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| Vardilmë | |
|---|---|
| Númenórean | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Language | Adûnaic, Sindarin and Quenya |
| Birth | S.A. 203 |
| Family | |
| House | House of Elros |
| Parentage | Vardamir |
| Siblings | Amandil, Aulendil and Nolondil |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
Vardilmë was the second child and only daughter of Vardamir Nólimon, heir to Elros Tar-Minyatur, first King of Númenor. Her older brother took up the Sceptre as Tar-Amandil. Almost nothing is known of her life.[1]
Etymology
Vardilmë's name is difficult to translate, but might mean "Devoted to Varda" in Quenya (an assimilation of Varda and -dil = "friend, lover, devoted to").
Genealogy
| Vardamir Nólimon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tar-Amandil | VARDILMË | Aulendil | Nolondil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tar-Elendil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife", "The earlier generations of the Line of Elros"
