gyrth-i-guinar

proper name. Dead that Live

A variant of Gwerth-i-Cuina appearing in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, glossed “Dead that Live” (LR/305). It is a combination of the plural of S. gorth “dead (person)”, i “that” and the lenited present plural form of cuina- “to live”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
gorth	“dead; dead (person)”
i	“the”
cuina-	“to be alive”