Telerin

telerian

Telerin adj. "Telerian" (TELES). Also telerinwa.

telerin

proper name. of the Teleri

Adjectival form of Teler, the third tribe of Elves, also used as a name for their language (UT/229; WJ/21), a combination of their tribal name with the language/adjective suffix -rin.

Conceptual Development: The similar adjectival forms ᴱQ. Telellin and ᴱQ. Telerin appeared in Tolkien’s earliest writings (LT1A/Telelli), though at this stage they referred to other groups of Elves (see the entry on Teler). By the 1930s, however, ᴹQ. Telerin referred to the third tribe and its language (Ety/TELES; LR/171; PE18/26).

Element in

• Q. losselië telerinwa “*the white people of the shores of Elfland” ✧ PE16/096

Elements

Word	Gloss
Teler	“Last-comer, Hindmost”
-rin	“-ian, racial-adjective, language”

telerëa

telerëa

telerëa adj. corresponding to Teler (LT1:267; perhaps rather Telerin, telerinwa in Tolkien's later Quenya)

teleir

adjective. *Telerin

Derivations

• ✶teleryā “of the Teleri” ✧ PE17/139

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶teleryā > teleir	[telerjā] > [telerja] > [teleria] > [teleri] > [teleir] > [telair]	✧ PE17/139

teleryā

noun. of the Teleri

Derivatives

• S. teleir “*Telerin” ✧ PE17/139