Quenya name of S. Pengolodh (PM/401, VT48/5), also appearing in the shorter form Quengoldo (PM/404). His name seems to be a compound the plural of Quendë “Elf” and ✶ñgolodō in its original sense “lore-master” (later used for the tribal name Q. Noldo).
Quenya
Quendingoldo
elves
quendingoldo
masculine name. *Loremaster of the Elves
Cognates
- S. Pengolodh ✧ PMI/Pengoloð; VT48/05
Element in
- Q. quentë Quengoldo “Thus spoke Pengoloð” ✧ PM/404
- Q. sin quentë Quendingoldo Elendilenna “*thus Pengoloð said to Elendil” ✧ PM/401
Elements
Word Gloss Quendë “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks” ñgolodō “lore-master, sage” Variations
- Quengoldo ✧ PM/404; PMI/Pengoloð
Quendi
zF2% noun. elves
Quendi "Elves" as a race (analogical sg. quendë, not much used) (WJ:361;SA:quen-/quet-, WJ:372, KWEN(ED), spelt "qende, Qendi" in Etym). Gen. pl. Quendion (PM:395)
Quendingoldo masc. name, apparently compound of Quendi "Elves" and -ngoldo "Noldo", Sindarin Pengolodh, a loremaster of Gondolin. (PM:401, 404-405, VT48:5) Shorter form Quengoldo (PM:404, VT48:14)