earendel

Old English

Alternative forms
  • Ēarendel – personal name, also for the personification for the morning star
  • ēarendil, ēorendel

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz, from *auzi (“dawn”) + *wandilaz (“fluctuating, variable, wandering”), perhaps via the intermediate forms *ēarwendel or *ēarwandel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.ren.del/

Proper noun

ēarendel m

  1. the morning star
  2. the dawn
    • 11th century, Durham Hymnal gloss:
      [aurora iam spargit polum] eorendel eallunga geondstret heofon
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