Fanuilos
From Tolkien Gateway
Fanuilos is an epithet of Varda and means "bright (angelic) figure ever white (as snow)"[1]
Etymology
The name is a compound of elements: fân "veil" (see fana) or fan "white"[2] and Uilos.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "A Elbereth Gilthoniel", p. 74
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 211, (dated 14 October 1958)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 174