Silima?

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

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In the Silmarillion (concerning the Silmarils):

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> But not until the End, when Fëanor shall return who perished ere the Sun was made, and sits now in the Halls of Awaiting and comes no more among his kin; not until the Sun passes and the Moon falls, shall it be known of what substance they were made. <hr></blockquote>

And in the Silmarillion’s Index of Quenya and Sindarin Names:

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> sil- ‘shine (with white or silver light)’ in Belthil, Galathilion… (etc.) The Quenya word Silmarilli is said to derive from the name silima that Fëanor gave to the substance of which they were made. <hr></blockquote>

I’m baffled.


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