Quenya
eldanna
place name. *Elf-wards
Elements
Word Gloss Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” -nna “(movement) to, towards, onto, at (arriving at a point); allative suffix”
eldanna
place name. *Elf-wards
Elements
Word Gloss Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” -nna “(movement) to, towards, onto, at (arriving at a point); allative suffix”
A bay in western Númenor to which the Elves of Tol Eressëa usually came, so called because it faced towards Eressëa (UT/167). This name was the allative form of Elda “Elf”, and thus meant “✱Elf-wards”, similar to the names Elenna “Starwards” and Rómenna “Eastwards” (UTI/Eldanna).