N. Gelion² m. “Merry Singer”

N. Gelion², m. “Merry Singer”

A sobriquet of Tinfang appearing in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/174) and Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s (SM/115). The name reappeared in The Etymologies from mid-1930s with the gloss “Merry Singer”, but the character did not appear in the Silmarillion drafts from the same period.

References ✧ Ety/GYEL; SM/115

Glosses

Elements

gell “joy, triumph, (?victory)” ✧ Ety/GYEL

ᴱN. Gelion m.

Reference ✧ LB/174