Eldamo : Quenya : Ornendil

Q. Ornendil m. “*Tree-friend”

Q. Ornendil, m. “*Tree-friend”

Eldest son of king Eldacar of Gondor, slain by Castamir the Usurper (LotR/1047). This name seems to be a compound ornë “(tall) tree” and the suffix -(n)dil “-friend, -lover”, making it a tree-name similar to that of his younger brother Aldamir “*Tree Jewel”.

References ✧ LotRI; NM/16, 20; PMI

Glosses

“a lover of trees” ✧ NM/16
“one who loved trees” ✧ NM/20

Ornendil “*Tree-friend” has a tree-name like his younger brother Aldamir “*Tree Jewel”

Elements

ornë	“(tall) tree”
-(n)dil	“-friend, -lover; devotion, disinterested love”

√N(D)IL	“to love (as a friend or equal), be devoted to”	✧ NM/16 (ndil); NM/20 (ndil)