Q. vanimelda adj. “beautiful and beloved, elven-fair” (Category: Beautiful)

Q. vanimelda, adj. “beautiful and beloved, elven-fair” (Category: Beautiful)

ᴱQ. melitsë “darling, sweetheart”

References ✧ LotR/352; PE17/56-57

Glosses

• “beautiful and beloved, elven-fair” ✧ PE17/56
• “elven fair” ✧ PE17/57
• “very beautiful” ✧ PE17/57

Elements

vanima¹	“beautiful, fair”	✧ PE17/56; PE17/57
melda	“dear, beloved”	✧ PE17/56; PE17/57
Elda	“Elf, (lit.) one of the Star-folk”	✧ PE17/56; PE17/57

Element In

• Q. Arwen vanimelda, namárië “Arwen beautiful and beloved, farewell” ✧ LotR/352
• Q. Vanimeldë

Cognates

• S. edhelvein “elven fair” ✧ PE17/56
• S. wanedhel “elven fair” ✧ PE17/57

Q. vanimalda adj. “most beautiful, exceeding fair; thou beautiful” (Category: Beautiful)

References ✧ PE17/55-56, 190; WJ/369

Glosses

• “exceeding fair” ✧ PE17/56 (Vanimalda)
• “most beautiful” ✧ PE17/55 (vanimalda)

Variations

• vanimalda ✧ PE17/55; PE17/56

Changes

• vanimalda “most beautiful” >> vanimelda “beautiful and beloved, elven-fair” ✧ PE17/55

Inflections

Vanimalda	2nd-sg-polite-poss	“thou beautiful”	✧ PE17/190
vanimalda	2nd-sg-polite-poss		✧ WJ/369

Elements

vanima¹	“beautiful, fair”	✧ PE17/55 (vanima)
-lda¹	“your (plural)”	✧ PE17/55 (-lda)
-lda³	“a comparative suffix”	✧ PE17/55 (-lda); PE17/56 (-lda)

Element In

• Q. Arwen vanimalda, namárië ✧ WJ/369