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I attempted to translate the names of the Cadhinorian rulers at http://www.almeopedia.com/Caďinorian_rulers but I failed to find the meaning of several elements.

For example, what is the origin of the element er- in Erbelaica, and what is the suffix -vileas in several of the names?

As for bes- in Besclaies, my guess was a short form of 'baesos' but if so, it is the only name were ae is reduced to e. Unless of course Erbelaica stands for *Aerbelaica.

Prigediset seems to mean 'evil-hate(er)' if analyzed as priges+disan, but I am not aware of an ending -et.

Strangely, the name Kehadau is in the Cadhinor Lexicon but no meaning is given, and has no recognizable elements. Other names such as Caeva, Amatos, Aknavar seem to not be Cadhinor.

And a spelling note: the Almeopedia list makes use of the letter 'ĥ' (h with ^ circumflex) as in the name Oĥocuerdos. However the Cadhinor Lexicon makes use of the letter 'ȟ' (h with ˇ caron). Which one is preferable?

Some of those are a bit strange, yes... probably a few are in error. (Er- and bes- should probably be aer- and baeso-. Maybe some of those names are Kahinisa...) On a meta level, some of these names date back to before Caďinor was worked out. Someday we'll learn where names like Keadau come from.

I'm not quite sure what I had in mind for the ending in Prigediset, though the Ver. form suggest that I intended a plural. The meaning you found is right though.

The second root in Ervëa's name is veha- 'love'; see the Almeopedia article on him for an explanation.

For the spelling, ȟ is preferred.