Earendel

English

Proper noun

Earendel

1. (mythology) Alternative form of Aurvandill.
2. (astronomy) A star or star cluster in the constellation of Cetus, the farthest known from Earth when discovered.

Old English

Alternative forms

• (morning star): ēarendel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Auʀiwandil, from Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz, from *auzi (“dawn”) + *wandilaz (“fluctuating, variable, wandering”), perhaps via the intermediate forms *Ēarwendel or *Ēarwandel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.ren.del/

Proper noun

Ēarendel m

1. a male given name
2. a personification of the morning star
   1. (heathendom) Ēarendel
   2. (Christendom) Jesus

      Iċ, Iesus, sende mīnne enġel tō cyþenne ēow þās þing for þǣm ċyriċan. Iċ eom sē wyrtwala ⁊ sē stirps Dauides, ⁊ sē beorhta Ēarendel. Apocalypsis Iohannis XXII, XVI.

      I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star. (Revelation 22:16)

      • c. 800 CE (conjectured), anonymous author, Christ I:

        Ēala ēarendel, engla beorhtast,
        ofer middangeard monnum sended,
        ond sōðfæsta sunnan lēoma,
        torht ofer tunglas, þū tīda gehwane
        of sylfum þē symle inlihtes!

        Hail morningstar, of all angels the brightest,
        sent to the men over Midgard,
        and thou, O soothfast sun-leam,
        shiny over the stars and in every season,
        out of thine own self, dost always enlighten!