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The surname and title of [[Morwen]], wife of [[Húrin]] and mother to [[Túrin Turambar]]. It is translated in the text of the [[Silmarillion]] as '[[Elfsheen]]', but the literal meaning seems to be '[[Elf-maiden]]'.
'''Eledhwen''' was the epithet of [[Morwen]], wife of [[Húrin]] and mother to [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]].<ref>{{CH|1}}</ref> It is translated in the text of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' as "Elfsheen",<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref> but the literal meaning seems to be "Elf-maiden".
 
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Eledhwen was the epithet of Morwen, wife of Húrin and mother to Túrin Turambar.[1] It is translated in the text of The Silmarillion as "Elfsheen",[2] but the literal meaning seems to be "Elf-maiden".

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Childhood of Túrin"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
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