vanimelda

vanimelda
adj., said to be “the highest word of praise for beauty”, with two interpretations that were apparently considered equally valid and simultaneously true: “beautiful and beloved” vanima + melda, with haplology, i.e. “movingly lovely”, but also “elven-fair” fair as an Elf vanima + elda. The word was also used as the second name of Arwen. PE17:56, Second Edition LotR1:II ch. 16.

Quettaparma Quenyallo (Quenya-English). 2014.

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