The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1 - J. R. R. Tolkien [154]
GL has an entry: Ioringli ‘true Gnomish form of Eärendel’s name, though the Eldar-form has been also adopted and often is met in transition state as Iarendel, Iorendel’ (on the distinction between ‘Gnomish’ and ‘Eldar’ see p. 50). Gnomish words for ‘eagle’ are ior, ioroth.
In QL is an entry Eärendilyon ‘son of Eärendel (used of any mariner)’ cf. p. 13.
Eldamar For the first element see Eldar.—In QL the following words are given in a group: mar (mas-) ‘dwelling of men, the Earth, -land’, mardo ‘dweller’, masto ‘village’, and -mas equivalent to English -ton, -by in place-names (cf. Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva; Koromas; i·Talka Marda ‘Smith of the World’, Aulë). In GL are bar ‘home’ (< mbar-), and derivatives, as baros ‘hamlet’, also -bar as suffix ‘dweller’, or ‘home, -ham’.
The Gnomish equivalent of Eldamar was Eglobar (Gnomish Egla = Qenya Elda): ‘Eglobar “Elfinesse” = Q. Eldamar, i.e. Elfhome; the land on the edge of Valinor where the fairies dwelt and built Côr. Also in forms Eglabar, Eglamar, Eglomar.’ In QL Eldamar is said, in a very early entry, to be ‘the rocky beach in western Inwinórë (Faëry)’ ‘upon this rock was the white town built called Kôr’.
Eldar In QL Elda is given separately, without etymological connections, and defined as ‘a beach-fay or Solosimpë (shore-piper)’. This is a glimpse of an earlier conception than that found in the Lost Tales: the Eldar were originally the Sea-elves. GL has the entry Egla ‘“a being from outside”, name of the fairies given by the Valar and largely adopted by them, ="Q." Elda’ (see p. 235); also eg, êg ‘far away, distant’. The association of Eldar with the stars does not go back to the beginning.
Erinti She appears in QL in an isolated, early entry (afterwards struck through). Nothing is ever told of Erinti in the Lost Tales, but in this note she is called the Vala of love, music, and beauty, also named Lotessë and Akairis (‘bride’), sister of Noldorin and Amillo. These three alone (i.e. of the Valar) have left Valinor, and dwell in Inwenórë (Tol Eressëa); she herself dwells in Alalminórë in a korin of elms guarded by the fairies. The second half of the month of avestalis (January) is called Erintion.
There is no trace of this elsewhere; but clearly, when Erinti became the daughter of Manwë and Varda her dwelling in Alalminórë was taken over by Meril-i-Turinqi, the Lady of Tol Eressëa.
In the Valar name-list Erinti is called also Kalainis; this word appears in QL with the meaning ‘May’, one of many derivatives from the root KALA (see Galmir).
Eriol In The Cottage of Lost Play (p. 14) Eriol is translated ‘One who dreams alone’. In QL the elements of this interpretation are given under the roots ERE ‘remain alone’ (see Tol Eressëa) and LORO ‘slumber’ (see Lórien). In GL appears the note cited on p. 24 that Gnomish Angol and Qenya Eriollo were the names of the region ‘between the seas’ whence Eriol came (="Angeln" in the Danish peninsula); and in an isolated note elsewhere Angol is derived from ang ‘iron’ and ôl ‘cliff’, while Eriol is said to mean the same—‘this being the name of the fairies for the parts [sic] of his home (ironcliffs)’. Meril refers to ‘the black coasts of your home’ (p. 96). In this note the interpretation ‘One who dreams alone’ is said to be a pun on Lindo’s part.
For ang ‘iron’ see Angamandi. GL has ol, óla ‘cliff, seaward precipice’, with Qenya forms ollo, old. ere(n) ‘iron or steel’ is given in QL, and this element appears also in the alternative name Eremandu for Angamandu, ‘Hells of Iron’.
Eruman The names of this region are as difficult as the original conception of the region itself (see p. 91 ff.). The form Erumáni (which occurs in the Tales as well as Eruman) appears in QL under ERE ‘out’ (cf. Neni Erúmëar) without further information. GL has a long entry under