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'''''gurth''''' or '''''guruth''''' is a [[Sindarin]] noun meaning "death" in the abstract sense. Compare with ''[[gwanath]]'', meaning "death" in the immediate, physical sense.
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'''''gurth''''' or '''''guru''''' is a [[Sindarin]] noun meaning "death".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{S|Index}}, entry ''Melkor''</ref><ref name=UT>{{UT|Tuor}}</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 87 (''guru'')</ref>
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==Examples==
* [[Gurthang]] = "Death's Iron"
*''[[Belegurth|Bele'''gurth''']]''
 
*''[[Gurthang|'''Gurth'''ang]]''
== References ==
==Phrases==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
*"'''''Gurth''' [[an]] [[Glamhoth]]!''" (Death to the Orcs!)<ref name=UT/>
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]
==See also==
 
*[[Noldorin]] ''[[gûr|gûr, guruth]]'' ("death")
[[Category: Sindarin nouns]]
*[[Sea of Núrnen#Etymology|Sea of Núrnen: Etymology]]
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gurth or guru is a Sindarin noun meaning "death".[1][2][3][4]

Examples

Phrases

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", entry Melkor
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 87 (guru)