bredhil

feminine name. Varda

A Noldorin name for Varda appearing in the earliest Silmarillion drafts from the late 1920s, replacing older G. Bridhil (SM/43). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of ON. Bradil (Ety/BARÁD), but these names were rejected and possibly replaced by N. Berethil or N. Elbereth (Ety/BARATH).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. Varda “Lofty, Sublime” ✧ Ety/BARÁD

Derivations

• On. Bradil “Varda” ✧ Ety/BARÁD
  • ᴹ✶b’radil- ✧ Ety/BARÁD
  • ᴹ√BARAD “*lofty, noble” ✧ Ety/BARÁD
    • ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BAR

Element in

• N. Timbredhil ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. Bradil > Breðil	[bradil] > [braðil] > [breðil]	✧ Ety/BARÁD

Variations

• Breðil ✧ Ety/BARÁD (Breðil)
• -breðil ✧ Ety/TIN

gilbrennil

feminine name. Varda

A name for Varda appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/GIL), a combination of geil “star” and brennil “lady”. This name was probably replaced by Elbereth.

Elements

Word	Gloss
geil	“star”
brennil	“lady”