Elladan
noun. elf-man
elladan
masculine name. Elf-man
Son of Elrond (LotR/227). This name is translated “Elf-man”, a combination of archaic Sindarin †Ell “elf” and Adan “man” (Let/281-2).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this character was first named N. Elboron (WR/297). Earlier still, the name Ilk. Elboron used as a name for a son of Dior (LR/147).
ellon
noun. Elf-man
Cognates
- Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ PE17/151
Derivations
- S. Ell “Elf” ✧ PE17/141
- ✶eledā “star-folk, of the stars” ✧ PE17/141; WJ/360
- √EL “lo, behold; star, lo, behold; star, [ᴹ√] starry sky” ✧ Let/281
- Q. Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” ✧ PE17/141
- ✶eledā “star-folk, of the stars” ✧ Let/281; PE17/141; SA/êl; WJ/360; WJ/364; WJ/364
- √EL “lo, behold; star, lo, behold; star, [ᴹ√] starry sky” ✧ Let/281
- ✶elenā “connected with or concerning the stars” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/152
- ✶edelā “the fair” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/151
- √DEL “*fair” ✧ PE17/151
- ✶edelō “one who goes, traveller, migrant, marcher” ✧ PE17/152
- √DEL “walk, go, proceed, travel” ✧ WJ/360; WJ/363
Elements
Word Gloss Ell “Elf” Variations
- ellon ✧ PE17/141; PE17/141; PE17/151; PE17/152
adanedhel
masculine name. Elf-man
A name given to Túrin in Nargothrond for his noble, Elf-like nature, translated “Elf-man” (S/210). It is a compound of Adan “man” and Edhel “Elf” (SA/adan, edhel).
Elements
Word Gloss Adan “Man (as a species)” Edhel “Elf”
ellon
elf-man
ellon (pl. ellyn),
ellon
elf-man
ellon (pl. ellyn) (WJ:363-64, 377).
ell (from CE *eldā- connected or concerned with the stars) + adan (“a man from one of the three houses of the Edain”)