Qenya
solonyeldi
collective name. *Surf Singers
Cognates
- ᴹT. Solonel “Musicians of the Shore, Sea-elves” ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/SOL; LRI/Soloneldi
Elements
Word Gloss solor “surf, surf, [ᴱQ.] surge; wavebreak, coast” nyello “singer”
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Proper Quenya form of the name of the Sea Elves in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s: ᴹT. Soloneldi, though only the Telerin form appeared in the tales (LR/214). The Quenya form appeared only in The Etymologies, where it was given as compound of solor “surf” and nyello “singer” (Ety/NYEL, SOL).