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==Other versions of the legendarium==
==Other versions of the legendarium==


In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the [[Doriathrin]] form ''mor(n)gul'' ("sorcery").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 377 (root ÑGOL-)</ref>
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the [[Doriathrin]] form ''mor(n)gul'' ("sorcery").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 377 (root ÑGOL-). Cf. {{VT|46a}}, p. 3</ref>


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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
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morgul is a Sindarin noun meaning "black arts, sorcery, necromancy".[1][2][3][4][5]

Etymology

Examples

Other versions of the legendarium

In the Etymologies appears the Doriathrin form mor(n)gul ("sorcery").[7]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: C. The Clan-names, with notes on other names for divisions of the Eldar", "Ñoldor", p. 383
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Four. Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth: Glossary", p. 350
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Nancy Smith, "Index questions". Cf. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (HarperCollinsPublishers 2008), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 482
  6. Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary (accessed 26 December 2010)
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 377 (root ÑGOL-). Cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 3