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Tyrn Gorthad

Tyrn Gorthad is the Sindarin name of the Barrow-downs.

[edit] Etymology

Tyrn Gorthad is a compound of torn ("burial mound") and gorthad ("of buried").[1] In one manuscript, the name Tyrn Goerthaid was used by Tolkien.[2]

[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), p. 116
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Heirs of Elendil"
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