Noldorin
morthu
masculine name. *Black Stench
Element in
- N. gurth i Morthu “*death (of) ?Sauron” ✧ RS/186
Elements
Word Gloss morn “black” thû “stench” Variations
- Mor-thu ✧ Ety/THUS
morthu
masculine name. *Black Stench
Element in
- N. gurth i Morthu “*death (of) ?Sauron” ✧ RS/186
Elements
Word Gloss morn “black” thû “stench” Variations
- Mor-thu ✧ Ety/THUS
An alternate of Sauron appearing in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/186) and also in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/THUS), where it appears to be a combination of morn “black” and thû “stench”.