melda
beloved, dear, sweet
Idril
Idril
The name Idril is the Sindarin form of her Quenya name Itarildë (or Itarillë), which means "Sparkling Brilliance".[source?] She was called Celebrindal, "Silver-foot", because she always went barefoot.
Idril
noun. Idril
prop. n. . This gloss was rejected.
idril
feminine name. Idril
Maiden of Gondolin, beloved of Tuor and mother of Eärendil (S/126). Her name is an adaption of her Quenya name Itarillë (PM/346).
Conceptual Development: This character appeared in the earliest Lost Tales as G. Idril (LT2/164), but in this period she had a second name G. Idhril, and Tolkien vacillated between the two names throughout his life. In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, Idril was translated “Beloved”, and this was said to be her true name, but she was also known as Idhril “Mortal Maiden” because of her marriage to Tuor (GL/50). In the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, her name appeared as N. Idril (SM/36, LR/141), but in The Etymologies it was Idhril, a derivative of ᴹ√ID “desire” (Ety/ID).
Her name was Idril in The Lord of the Rings (LotR/1034), but in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957, Tolkien noted that the form should be Idhril if it were derived from the root √ID (PE17/112). At this point Tolkien devised the new derivation given above, from her Quenya name Itarillë, and this seems to have been his final word on the subject (PM/346).
Changes
- Ídril → Íðril ✧ PE17/112
- Idril → Íđril ✧ PE17/112
- Íđril → Idril ✧ PE17/112
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶Itrā > idril [itril] > [idril] ✧ PE17/112 Variations
- Ídril ✧ PE17/112 (Ídril); PE17/112
- Íðril ✧ PE17/112 (Íðril)
- idril ✧ PE17/112 (idril)
- Íđril ✧ PE17/112
- Iðril ✧ WJI/Idril
zîrân
adjective. beloved
An adjective translated “(the) beloved” (SD/247), apparently formed from the verb zîr- “to love, desire” with the participle suffix -ân. Its placement in the sentence Anadûnê zîrân hikalba “Númenor beloved fell (down)” is unusual, since according to Tolkien adjectives normally precede the nouns they modify (SD/428). It is possible that the adjective here is being used as a noun “the beloved”, an idea supported by the translation of this sentence in the final manuscript: “Anadune the beloved she fell” (VT24/12). See the entry for the Adûnaic participle for further discussion.
Element in
- Ad. Anadûnê zîrân hikalba “Númenor the beloved she fell (down)” ✧ SD/247; VT24/12
Elements
Word Gloss zîr- “*to love, desire” -ân “participle suffix” Variations
- zīrān ✧ SD/247; VT24/12
idril
feminine name. Idril
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Irilde “Idhril” ✧ Ety/KYELEP
Elements
Word Gloss ID “*desire, ?thought” RIL “glitter” Variations
- Idhril ✧ Ety/ID; Ety/KYELEP
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Idril
Sparkling Brilliance
The name Idril is the Sindarin form of her Quenya name Itarildë (or Itarillë), which means "Sparkling Brilliance".
She was called Celebrindal, "Silver-foot", because she always went barefoot.
idril
feminine name. Beloved
Cognates
- Eq. Irilde “Mortal Maiden” ✧ LT2/216; LT2I/Irildë; PE13/099; PE13/103; PE13/104
Derivations
- ᴱ✶Iðrilðē ✧ PE13/103
Element in
- G. i·waneth na·dalwint gloss an Idril “the beauty of the white feet of Idril” ✧ GG/11
- G. talin i’lossi ar gwandron nan·Idril “the beautiful white feet of Idril” ✧ GG/15
- G. talwi i’loss ar gwandra nan·Idril “the beautiful white feet of Idril” ✧ GG/15
idril
noun. sweetheart
Element in
- G. Idril “Beloved” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Cûm an-Idrisaith
garth
adjective. beloved
Derivations
- ᴱ√GṚÞṚ “*admire, have affection for”
Variations
- garth² ✧ GL/37
melda adj. "beloved, dear, sweet" (MEL, VT45:34), superlative arimelda *"dearest" (PE17:56, see ar- #2), meldielto "they are beloved" (sc. meld[a]-ië-lto "beloved-are-they" however, both the stative verb ending -ië "is/are" and the ending -lto "they" may be obsolete in LotR-style Quenya) (FS) PE17:55 gives the comparative form as arimelda or ammelda and the superlative as eremelda, anamelda or once again ammelda (PE17:55).