by The Pfifltrigg » January 5th, 2007, 2:21 am
"Earendil" is a perfectly legitimate word in Old English (often called "Anglo-Saxon"), the language of Tolkien's professional expertise. The meaning, however, slips mymind at the moment, but it's carried over from one to the other.
The best site on the web I've found to date on Tolkien's philology is . It's also where I got the "LotR Prequel" article.
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