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By the end of the Imperial Era, the [[Olgish Language|Olgish]] name Elondor has come in use with the majority of societies on the continent, propagated along the official channels of the [[Lécaronian Empire|Empire]]. It first appears in the narrative concerning [[Nathari Invasions|Nardin and the First Battle of Mortim-Arnim]] as | By the end of the Imperial Era, the [[Olgish Language|Olgish]] name Elondor has come in use with the majority of societies on the continent, propagated along the official channels of the [[Lécaronian Empire|Empire]]. It first appears in the narrative concerning [[Nathari Invasions|Nardin and the First Battle of Mortim-Arnim]] as Old Olgish ''...elondor cún grálí srónath'' ‘the all-boundary, where men dwell’, presumably denoting not only the continent but the wider domain of humans, into which the [[Nathari]] have ventured, implying [[Nárach|their origin]] in a para-human, mythological plain, possibly the [[Olgish Mythology|Underworld]]. The legend was included in the (6th century E.B.) [[Lonsorigi]] but probably dates from at least the 8th century B.E.B., with certain passages possibly even older. Originally pronounced as [ɛ.ˈlɔn.dɔɾ], with regular stress on the heavy second syllable, its frequent use by the itinerant preacher [[Dúrmin]], who in his sermons warned against a return of ‘those that dwell beyond the all-boundary’ (''grálá dess' elondor''), popularized an alternative stress pattern in the mid-3rd century B.E.B., following the strict initial stress of his native [[Olgish Language#Dialects|Ébrinine dialect]] as [ˈɛ.lɔn.dɔɾ] or [ˈe.lɔn.dɔɾ]. | ||
The name was applied to the continent in particular no later than the 4th century E.B., when the [[Edict of Corbin]] uses it explicitly in contrast to [[Nokim]]. It was later adopted by the [[Olgish Religion#Olgish Church|Olgish Church]] as their predestined domain of reach and prominently used by [[Beldárin Fadhérún]] in his campaign to gain dominion over ‘all those devout to the true faith of Ortûlék and Shéa'voch to dwell in Elondor’. With its common usage in imperial parlance, it came to be adopted in most provinces. | The name was applied to the continent in particular no later than the 4th century E.B., when the [[Edict of Corbin]] uses it explicitly in contrast to [[Nokim]]. It was later adopted by the [[Olgish Religion#Olgish Church|Olgish Church]] as their predestined domain of reach and prominently used by [[Beldárin Fadhérún]] in his campaign to gain dominion over ‘all those devout to the true faith of Ortûlék and Shéa'voch to dwell in Elondor’. With its common usage in imperial parlance, it came to be adopted in most provinces. | ||