Fun fact, Earendel is the Old English word for sun and was often used as an Old English title for Christ.

Describing Christ as the Sun was significant back then as medieval theologians sought to see God in the seasons and nature around them. Here’s a poem written that describes Christ as Earendel:

“O Earendel, brightest of angels,

sent to mankind across the earth,

and righteous radiance of the sun,

splendid above all stars, by your own self

you ever enlighten every age.

As you, God born of God long ago,

Son of the true Father, eternally existed

without beginning in the glory of heaven,

so your own creation cries with confidence

to you now for their needs, that you send

that bright sun to us, and come yourself

to lighten those who long have lived

surrounded by shadows and darkness, here

in everlasting night, who, shrouded by sins,

have had to endure death’s dark shadow.”