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Early Quenya

ulird(e)a

adjective. pitiless, cruel, (lit.) without bowels

@@@ possibly based on unattested hir(d) “innards, bowels, guts”, cognate of ᴱN. girdh, as suggested by Damien Bador in private correspondance

Cognates

  • En. olerdh “pitiless, cruel, (lit.) without bowels” ✧ PE13/144; PE13/161

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ur’-irda > ulird(e)a[urɣirdā] > [urɣirda] > [urirda] > [ulirda]✧ PE13/144

Variations

  • olirdea ✧ PE13/161
Early Quenya [PE13/144; PE13/161] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olirdea

adjective. pitiless, cruel, (lit.) without bowels