Moripendi is a Telerin term for the Dark Elves, specifically the Avari, since it was not applied by the Teleri to their Eldarin kin in Middle-earth (Sindar and Nandor).[1]
Etymology
mori- means "black, dark", directly from primitive mori, Root MOR[2][3] compounded with Pendi.
Cognates
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: A. The principal linguistic elements concerned" pp. 362, 371
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", MOR
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 279, (dated 30 October 1965)