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The twenty-first line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is raumo “storm” followed an adjectival form of nurru- “to mumble”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

raumo nurru-a = “*storm mumbl-ing”

Conceptual Development: In the first draft, Tolkien used an active-participle form nurrula, which he retained initially in the second draft before changing it into a more generic adjectival form nurrua (MC/222).

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The twentieth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is húro “storm” followed by the adjective (active-participle?) ulmula “mumbling”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

húro ulmula = “*storm mumbling”