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Location
Found in Lórien, but also known to grow on Tol Eressëa
Race
Particularly associated with the Elves
Pronunciation
e'lanorr ('rr' indicates that the final 'r' sound should be pronounced)
Meaning
Usually translated 'Sun-star'1

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  • Updated 4 September 2019
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Elanor

The flower named ‘Sun-star’

A golden, star-shaped flower, with a name meaning sun-star. Sam Gamgee first came across it in Lórien, and named his eldest daughter, Elanor Gamgee, from it.


Notes

1

The name elanor is conventionally translated as 'Sun-star', though actually this reverses the elements of the name. The word combines el, 'star' and anor 'Sun', so a strictly literal (though rather less euphonic) translation would be 'star-Sun'.

See also...

Anor, Lissuin, The Tongue

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Elanor

The flower named ‘Sun-star’

Location
Found in Lórien, but also known to grow on Tol Eressëa
Race
Particularly associated with the Elves
Pronunciation
e'lanorr ('rr' indicates that the final 'r' sound should be pronounced)
Meaning
Usually translated 'Sun-star'1

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 4 September 2019
  • Updates planned: 1

Elanor

The flower named ‘Sun-star’

A golden, star-shaped flower, with a name meaning sun-star. Sam Gamgee first came across it in Lórien, and named his eldest daughter, Elanor Gamgee, from it.


Notes

1

The name elanor is conventionally translated as 'Sun-star', though actually this reverses the elements of the name. The word combines el, 'star' and anor 'Sun', so a strictly literal (though rather less euphonic) translation would be 'star-Sun'.

See also...

Anor, Lissuin, The Tongue

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 4 September 2019
  • Updates planned: 1

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2019. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
With Discus our world-class support is free for all users. We believe in empowering clients to get the most from the DISC test.