And by their blazing signify that a great princess falls, but doth not die (джен)

Elwing was scion of Luthíen who braved gods and death itself for love. She was the daughter and granddaughter of murdered kings, a refugee and ruler, mother, wife and, once, sister.
When her father's killers asked, begged, commanded that she give them the silmaril, everything she was demanded refusal.
She knew that there would be a price for that though she did not, perhaps, realise quite how high it would be.