girith
noun. shuddering, shuddering; [N.] horror
girith
noun. shuddering, horror
gorth
noun. horror
gorth
noun. horror
nen girith
place name. Shuddering Water
Another name of Dimrost, translated “Shuddering Water” (S/220), a combination of nen “water” and girith “shuddering” (SA/nen, girith).
Conceptual Development: This name was already N. Nen Girith in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/130, 313; LR/140).
Nen Girith
noun. shaddering water (water of horror)
nen (“water”), girith (“shuddering, horror”)
girith
shuddering
(noun) girith (i **irith) (horror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngirith** = i ñirith)
girith
horror
(i ’irith) (shuddering), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngirith = i ñirith)
girith
shuddering
(i ’irith) (horror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngirith = i ñirith)
gorth
horror
(i ngorth = i ñorth, o n’gorth = o ñgorth) (dread), pl. gyrth (in gyrth = i ñgyrth). (WJ:415) Note: a homophone means ”dead; dead person”
angos
horror
1) angos (pl. engys) (VT45:15), 2) dêl (i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, fear, loathing), pl. dîl (i nîl), 3) delos (i dhelos) (fear, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. A side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys). 4) girith (i **irith) (shuddering), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngirith = i ñirith), 5) gôr (i ngôr = i ñôr, o n**gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (fear, dread), pl. gŷr (in gŷr = i ñgŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations. 6) gorog (i ngorog = i ñorog, o n**gorog = o ñgorog), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryg. 7) goroth (i ngoroth = i ñoroth, o n**goroth = o ñgoroth) (dread), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryth. 8) gorth (i ngorth = i ñorth, o n**gorth = o ñgorth) (dread), pl. gyrth (in gyrth = i ñgyrth). _(WJ:415) _Note: a homophone means ”dead; dead person”, 9) goss (i **oss, construct gos) (dread), pl. gyss (i ngyss = i ñyss).
dael
noun. horror
_ n. _horror.
dael
noun. horror
del
noun. horror
gorgor
noun. extreme horror, terror, haunting fear
gorog
noun. horror
gorog
noun. horror
angos
horror
(pl. engys) (VT45:15)
delos
horror
(i dhelos) (fear, abhorrence, dread, detestation, loathing), pl. delys (i nelys), coll. pl. delossath. A side-form ends in -oth (pl. -yth) instead of -os (-ys).
dêl
horror
(i dhêl, construct del) (disgust, fear, loathing), pl. dîl (i nîl)
gorog
horror
(i ngorog = i ñorog, o n’gorog = o ñgorog), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryg.
goroth
horror
(i ngoroth = i ñoroth, o n’goroth = o ñgoroth) (dread), pl. geryg (in geryg = i ñgeryg) (WJ:415). Archaic pl. göryth.
goss
horror
(i ’oss, construct gos) (dread), pl. gyss (i ngyss = i ñyss).
gôr
horror
(i ngôr = i ñôr, o n’gôr = o ñgôr, construct gor) (fear, dread), pl. gŷr (in gŷr = i ñgŷr). Note: a homophone means ”vigour” but has different mutations.
This is a noun form of gir- “shudder”, most notably an element in names like Nen Girith “Shuddering Water” (S/220; WJ/151) and Girithron “December, ✱Shuddering-one” (LotR/1110; PM/136). In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. girith was glossed “shuddering, horror” under the root ᴹ√GIR “quiver, shudder” (Ety/GIR).