S. Celebrindal f. “Silverfoot”
Sobriquet of Idril, translated “Silver-foot” (S/126). Her name is a combination of celebrin “silver” and the lenited form -dal of tâl “foot” (SA/celeb, tal).
Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name appeared as G. Talceleb “Silver Feet” (LT2/165, 216). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, Tolkien changed the name to N. Celebrindal “Silver-foot” (SM/143, LR/141), though in The Etymologies it appeared in a variant (lenited) form Gelebrendal with an e replacing the i (Ety/KYELEP).
References ✧ LBI/Idril; LotRI/Idril; MRI/Idril; S/126; SA/celeb, tal; SI/Celebrindal, Idril; SMI/Celebrindal, Idril
Glosses
Elements
| celebrin | “like silver (in hue or worth)” | ✧ SA/celeb | |
| tâl | “foot; [lower] end” | soft-mutation | ✧ SA/celeb (dal); SA/tal (dal) |
Cognates
N. Celebrindal f. “Silverfoot”
References ✧ Ety/KYELEP; LRI/Celebrindal, Idril; SM/143
Glosses
Variations
Related
Inflections
| Gelebrendal | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ Ety/KYELEP; Ety/KYELEP |
Elements
| celebren | “of silver, like silver” | ✧ Ety/KYELEP; Ety/KYELEP | |
| tâl | “foot; (lower) end” | soft-mutation |
Cognates
G. Talceleb f. “Silver Feet”
References ✧ LT2/165, 216; LT2A/Talceleb; LT2I; PE13/104; PE15/27
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| tâl | “foot” | ✧ LT2A/Talceleb |
| celeb | “silver” | ✧ LT1A/Telimpë |
Cognates