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''[[Celeb]]'' is Sindarin for "silver", while ''[[orn]]'' is "tree"; thus, the name | ''[[Celeb]]'' is Sindarin for "silver", while ''[[orn]]'' is "tree"; thus, the name can be taken to mean "silver tree".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>{{fact}}<!--Appendix only sources the first half of this sentence, not the second--> | ||
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Celeborn was the name of the White Tree that flourished in Tol Eressëa. It was a seedling of the tree Galathilion, which in turn had been made in image of Telperion, the eldest of the Two Trees of Valinor.[1]
Celeborn was an ancestor to the White Trees of Númenor[2] and of Gondor.[3]
Etymology
Celeb is Sindarin for "silver", while orn is "tree"; thus, the name can be taken to mean "silver tree".[4][source?]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"