gorthad

noun. barrow

gorthad

noun. wraith

n. wraith, spirit of Dead. >> Tyrn Gorthad

gorthad

noun. wraith, spirit of Dead

If this were “barrow”, it might be gorth “dead” + sad “place” as suggested by Hammond and Scull (RC/691). @@@

Element in

• S. Tyrn Gorthad “Barrow-downs” ✧ PE17/116; PMI/Tyrn Goerthaid

Elements

Word	Gloss
gorth	“dead; dead (person)”
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gorthad

barrow

1) gorthad (i ngorthad = i ñorthad, o n**gorthad = o ñgorthad), pl. gerthaid (in gerthaid = i ñgerthaid). The literal meaning may be ”place of the dead”: gorth ”dead” + sâd, -had ”place”. Archaic pl. ”goerthaid” = görthaid (PM:194), 2) haudh (i chaudh, o chaudh) (burial mound, grave, tomb), pl. hoedh (i choedh), coll. pl. hodhath**

gorthad

barrow

(i ngorthad = i ñorthad, o n’gorthad = o ñgorthad), pl. gerthaid (in gerthaid = i ñgerthaid). The literal meaning may be ”place of the dead”: gorth ”dead” + sâd, -had ”place”. Archaic pl. ”goerthaid” = görthaid (PM:194)

haudh

barrow

(i chaudh, o chaudh) (burial mound, grave, tomb), pl. hoedh (i choedh), coll. pl. hodhath