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earendel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
earendel, earendil, es; m?
A shining light, ray; jŭbar
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  • Leóma, earendil

    jŭbar,

    • Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158,
    • 25.
  • Eálá earendel! engla beorhtast! ofer middangeard monnum sended

    O ray! brightest of angels! sent to men over mid-earth,

    • Exon. 9 b
    • ;
    • Th. 7,
    • 20;
    • Cri. 104
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. Orendel, nn. pr.
]
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v.  eorendel.
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