Quenya
hecel
proper name. Elf who stayed in Beleriand
Cognates
Derivations
- √HEK “aside, apart, separate” ✧ WJ/364
Element in
- Q. Hecelmar “*Home of the Hecel” ✧ WJ/365
Elements
Word Gloss hecil “one lost or forsaken by friends, waif, outcast, outlaw” Elda “Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √HEK > Hekel [hekel] ✧ WJ/364 Variations
- Hekel ✧ WJ/365; WJI/Hekeldi
A term for the Eldar who remained behind in Beleriand (WJ/365). In Quenya, it became a technical term, rarely used in everyday speech (WJ/374). It was originally derived from hecil “one lost or forsaken”, reformed to Hecel (pl. Heceldi) after the pattern of terms like Oärel (WJ/364).
Conceptual Development: A similar term Ecelli “The Forsaken” appeared in earlier writing (MR/169-170). Ecelli was in all cases replaced by other words: Alamanyar (MR/170) or Sindar (MR/175). Nevertheless, it was probably the precursor to Hecel.