A name used for Elves,who of the two kindreds of the Children of Il�vatar awoke the earlier;Men were not seen in Arda until many thousands of years after the Eldar.
Elder Kindred :
The elder of the two races that were accounted the Children of Il�vatar,the Elves.They awoke many thousands of years before the Younger Children,the race of Men.
Elves :
The first Elves awoke by Cuivi�nen,the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle-earth,long Ages before the Rising of the Sun or Moon.Unlike Men,the Elves were not subject to illness or death and at the time of the Lord of the Rings,there were still at least two Elves in Aman who had awoken by Cuivi�nen in the first days;Ingw�,Lord of the Vanyar and Olw�, brother of King Elu Thingol.
Firstborn :
A name for Elves,the Firstborn Children of Il�vatar,who awoke in Middle-earth millennia before Men, the Aftercomers.
People of the Stars :
The name given to the Elves by Orom� when he found them under the stars of Cuivi�nen,before the rising of the Sun or Moon.
Quendi :
'Those who speak with voices'; the name given by the Elves to their own kind while they still dwelt at Cuivi�nen.
