N. Gyrth-i-Guinar pn. “Dead that Live”
A variant of Gwerth-i-Cuina appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, glossed “Dead that Live” (LR/305). It is a combination of the plural of S. gorth¹ “dead (person)”, i “that” and the lenited present plural form of cuina- “to live”.
References ✧ LR/305; LRI/Gwerth-i-Cuina; WJI/Gwerth-i-guinar
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| S. #gorth¹ | “dead; dead (person)” | plural |
| i | “the” | |
| cuina- | “to be alive” | soft-mutation plural |