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The twenty-eighth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is enwina “old” followed by the noun lúmë² “darkness”, possibly a variant of more common lómë as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL/Markirya).

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

enwina lúmë = “*old darkness”

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The twenty seventh line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is the adjective aire² “old” modifying the noun móre “darkness”. This is followed by the preposition ala³ “beyond” with the plural of tinwe “star”.

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

aire móre ala tinw-i = “*old darkness beyond star-(plural)”