gurthang

proper name. Iron of Death

The sword of Túrin translated “Iron of Death” (S/210), a compound of gurth “death” and ang “iron” (SA/anga, gurth).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name appeared as G. Gurtholfin “Wand of Death” (LT2/83), where its final element was G. olf(in) “branch, wand, stick” (LT2A/Gurtholfin). In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, it developed into N. Gurtholf of the same meaning, where its final element was N. golf “branch” (LR/406, Ety/ÑGUR). It only adopted its final form and meaning in Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/83, 138).

Elements

Word	Gloss
gurth	“death”
ang	“iron”

Gurthang

noun. death sword

gurth (“death”) + ang (“iron”)

Gurthang

Gurthang

Gurthang is a Sindarin name, consisting of the elements gurth ("death") + ang ("iron").