High elves?

[Jurion]

I always thought that High Elves were the same as the Calaquendi and Calaquendi being Elves who saw the light of the Two Trees.
The Encyclopedia of Arda

Calaquendi, The Elves of the Light:
Elves of the Light'; a name given to the Vanyar, the Noldor and that part of the Teleri who travelled to Aman in the youth of the world and saw the light of the Two Trees of Valinor; Elu Thingol of Doriath is also counted among their number.

You say that Glorfindel is a High Elf because he died and went to Mandos, was reincarnated and came back to Middle Earth?

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: Jurion ]

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