S. Peredhel pn. “Half-elf”
Term for one with mixed human and elvish blood, almost always appearing in its plural form Peredhil as in The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1034). It is a combination of per- “half” and Edhel “Elf” (SA/edhel).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, Tolkien used the term N. Peringol to refer to Elrond’s half-blood (LR/152), but this term was a combination of N. perin “half” and the root ᴹ√ÑGOL from which the tribal name ᴹQ. Noldo was derived, so literally meant “Half-Gnome [Noldo]” (Ety/PER).
References ✧ LotR/1034; LotRI/Half-elven, Peredhil; LRI/Peredhil; PM/256, 369; PMI/Peredhil; RSI/Peredhil; SA/edhel; SI/Half-elven
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| Pheredhil | nasal-mutation plural; p-mutation | ✧ PM/256; PMI/Peredhil | |
| Peredhil | plural | “Half-elven” | ✧ LotR/1034; LotRI/Half-elven; LotRI/Peredhil; LRI/Peredhil; PMI/Peredhil; RSI/Peredhil; SA/edhel; SI/Half-elven |
| Pereðil | plural | “Half-elven” | ✧ PM/369; PMI/Peredhil |
Elements
| #per- | “half” | |
| Edhel | “Elf” | ✧ SA/edhel |
Cognates
N. Peringol pn. “Half-elven, (lit.) Half-Noldo”
References ✧ Ety/PER; LR/152; LRI/Elrond, Elros, Peringol; RSI
Glosses
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Inflections
| Peringiul | plural | “Half-elven” | ✧ LR/152 |
| Peringuil | plural | “Half-elven” | ✧ Ety/PER; LRI/Elros |
| Peringuil | plural | ✧ LRI/Peringol; RSI/Peringol | |
| Beringol | soft-mutation; p-mutation | “Half-elven” | ✧ Ety/PER; LRI/Elrond |
Elements
| perin | “half” | ✧ Ety/PER; Ety/PER |
| ᴹ√ÑGOL | “wise, wisdom, be wise” | ✧ Ety/PER |