Editing Eärendil and Elwing (section)

== Etymology ==

''Eärendil'' means 'Lover of the Sea' in Tolkien's invented language of [[Quenya]]. However, Tolkien borrowed the name from [[Old English literature]], in particular from the line "{{lang|ang|Eala Earendel, engla beorhtast}}" (Hail, Earendel, brightest of angels) of the poem ''[[Crist 1]]''.<ref name="Hostetter 1991">{{cite journal |last=Hostetter |first=Carl F. |author-link=Carl F. Hostetter |title=Over Middle-earth Sent Unto Men: On the Philological Origins of Tolkien's Eärendel Myth |journal=[[Mythlore]] |volume=17 |issue=3 |year=1991 |at=Article 1 |url=https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol17/iss3/1 }}</ref> Tolkien stated that the name came from the [[Old English]] name ''[[Ēarendel]]''; he was struck by its "great beauty" c. 1913, which he perceived as "entirely coherent with the normal style of [[Anglo-Saxon language|A-S]], but [[Sound and language in Middle-earth|euphonic to a peculiar degree]] in that pleasing but not 'delectable' language.".<ref name="Letter 297" group=T>{{harvnb|Carpenter|2023|loc=#297, draft, to Mr Rang, August 1967 }}</ref><ref name=Jones>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Leslie |title=J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography |date=2003 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |location=Westport, Connecticut |isbn=9780313323409 |pages=32–36}}</ref> Elwing means "Star-spray" in the Elvish language [[Sindarin]].<ref group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1977|loc=annotated Index entry for "Elwing"}}</ref> "Eärendil" was originally spelled by Tolkien as "Eärendel", before being modified.<ref name=Rausch-2005-p14>{{citation |last=Rausch |first=Roman |title=Similarities between natural languages and Tolkien's Eldarin  |date=25 September 2005  |chapter-url=http://sindanoorie.net/art/Similarities.pdf |chapter=5.1 Eärendil |page=14}}</ref>

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