gurth
From Tolkien Gateway
gurth or guru is a Sindarin noun meaning "death".[1][2]
Examples[edit]
- Belegurth = "Great Death"
- Gurthang = "Iron of Death"
- "gurth an Glamhoth!" = "Death to the din-horde"
See also[edit]
- Noldorin gûr, guruth ("death")
- Sea of Núrnen: Etymology
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry gurth
- ↑ 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
