Eala Earendel

I recently discovered from whence Tolkien got the name Earendil. Apparently, Earendel was the name assigned to Venus, or the Morning Star, by the Anglo-Saxons. The name occurs in the Anglo-Saxon poem "Crist":

Eala Earendel, engla beorhtast,
ofer middangeard monnum sended
ond soðfæsta sunnan leoma,
torht ofer tunglas, þu tida gehwane
of sylfum þe symle inlihtes!

Hail Earendel brightest of angels
over middle earth sent to man,
and steadfast splendor of the sun,
brilliant above stars, thou the times of the year
by thyself ever illuminate.

I haven't read all of "Crist", but according to wherever I found out about the Tolkien connection Earendel here serves as an image of John the Baptist. From what I can make out, the next few lines talk about the coming of the sun and its glory. The morning star seems like an interesting image for John, since it is in a sense a forerunner for the sun like how John was the forerunner of Christ.