Elendë (1) place-name "Elvenhome", regions of Valinor where the Elves dwelt and the stars could be seen (MR:176, ÉLED). Plural ablative elendellor in the phrase et elendellor, evidently *"out of the elf-lands" (VT45:13).
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eldamar
place name. Elvenhome
The home of the Elves within Valinor (S/59). This name is a compound of Elda “Elf” and már “home”. As noted by Tolkien, it must have been a late compound, otherwise the more primitive form ✶-mbar of the second element would have been preserved as ✱✱Eldambar (PE17/106).
Conceptual Development: This name dates back all the way to the earliest Lost Tales, where it had essentially the same form, meaning and etymology (LT1/19, LTA1/Eldamar).
Elements
Word Gloss Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” már “home, dwelling, habitation, home, dwelling, habitation; [ᴹQ.] house; earth” Variations
- Eldambar ✧ PE17/106 (Eldambar); PE17/164 (Eldambar)
elendë
place name. Elfland
Another name for Eldamar (S/61).
Conceptual Development: This name was glossed “Elfland” in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/223) and “Elvenhome” in The Etymologies (Ety/ELED), where it was derived from the same root ᴹ√ÉLED as ᴹQ. Elda “Elf”. The later meaning and etymology of this name are uncertain, but it is probably similar to that of The Etymologies. Its final element -ndë might also appear in the name Ingolondë “Country of the Noldor”.
Variations
- Elendé ✧ SI/Elendë
Eldamar place-name "Elvenhome" (ÉLED; found already in Narqelion), according to MR:176 another name of Tirion (see tir-).