peredhel

noun. half-elf

peredhel

proper name. Half-elf

Term for one with mixed human and elvish blood, almost always appearing in its plural form Peredhil as in The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1034). It is a combination of per- “half” and Edhel “Elf” (SA/edhel).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, Tolkien used the term N. Peringol to refer to Elrond’s half-blood (LR/152), but this term was a combination of N. perin “half” and the root ᴹ√ÑGOL from which the tribal name ᴹQ. Noldo was derived, so literally meant “Half-Gnome [Noldo]” (Ety/PER).

Cognates

• Q. Pereldar “Half-elven” ✧ PMI/Peredhil

Elements

Word	Gloss
per-	“half”
Edhel	“Elf”

Peredhil

Peredhil

The word consists of the elements per-, "half" and edhel "elf".

peredhel

half-elf

1) *peredhel (pl. peredhil) (PM:256, 348), 2) (actually ”Half-Noldo”) peringol (i beringol, o pheringol), pl. peringyl (i pheringyl), coll. pl. ?peringollath