Posted: January 06, 2000 at 18:57:37: by Erestor
: While working on an essay for Toy Vault (which is WAY : overdue), I decided for some strange reason I might want to : provide a translation for "Tyrn Gorthad".Tyrn Gorthad is described as an older name for the barrow downs. The barrow downs were also called the great downs. The original name Tolkien used for them was Tyrn Goerthaid. Belegoer was an earlier form of Belegaer. The index of Unfinished Tales says that Tyrn Gorthad is Sindarin. Ruth Noel, yes I know, says that tyrn means downs and the other is from gurth meaning death. All of which means, nothing much unfortunately. Best I can do though.
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