Eldamo : Early Noldorin : gurdh-

ᴱN. gurdh- v. “to die” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)

⚠️ᴱN. gurdh-, v. “to die” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death): S. #fir- “to fade, *die”; N. gwanna- “to die, depart”

A verb for “die” in Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s with present form gwardh indicating vowel gradation (PE13/132), so that it was likely based on the early root ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ (QL/104) with a/u variations due to the different developments of long syllabic ṝ vs short ṛ.

Conceptual Development: The verb G. gor-“die” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s related to gurthu “death” (GL/41, 43), thus also based on the early root ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ (QL/104).

Neo-Sindarin: S. gurth “death” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, so in theory the Gnomish verb gor- could be salvaged as a derivative of the later root √ÑGUR “die”. However, gor- already serves various functions in Sindarin, so I’d stick with the later verbs fir- and [N.] gwanna- for “to die”.

References ✧ PE13/132

Glosses

“die” ✧ PE13/132

Variations

gurdh- ✧ PE13/132

Changes

gwredh >> gwridh ✧ PE13/132

Inflections

gwerdh	?	“died”	✧ PE13/132
gwredhol	active-participle		✧ PE13/132
gwredh	aorist		✧ PE13/132
gwridh	aorist		✧ PE13/132
gwredhaint	passive-participle		✧ PE13/132
gwardhaf	past		✧ PE13/132
gwridheg	plural		✧ PE13/132
gwardh	present		✧ PE13/132
gwadheg	present masc		✧ PE13/132
gwerdhir	present plural		✧ PE13/132
gwerdhig	present plural masc		✧ PE13/132

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die”

G. gor-² v. “to die” (Category: to Die; Dead; Death)

See ᴱN. gurdh- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/41, 43

Glosses

“die” ✧ GL/41; GL/43

gor- “die” see under gurthu ✧ GL/41

Element In

G. Gorcwaldos ✧ GL/41
G. Goringol ✧ GL/41
G. Gurtholfin “Wand of Death” ✧ GL/41 (Gortholfin)

Derivations

< ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die”