Lommy, I think this is gone in do in more detail in Morgoth's ring. I think it is the next essay to Laws and Customs of the Eldar and the various arguments are made. Not certain but I will check for you unless someone confirms or disproves in the meantime....
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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