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gorn

gorn is a Sindarin word meaning "dreaded, revered"[1] or perhaps "valorous"[2].

[edit] Etymology

The word comes perhaps from an OS word *gorna, PQ *ñgornâ, root ÑGOR (ÑGOROTH)

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[edit] References

  1. ↑ 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), page 113.
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, Foreword, page xii.
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